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Routledge Literary Bric-a-Brac and the Victorians Book

Name: Routledge Literary Bric-a-Brac and the Victorians Book
Brand: Routledge
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Explore the fascinating relationship between Victorian culture and the objects they collected. Literary Bric-a-Brac and the Victorians: From Commodities to Oddities examines how the era's obsession with collecting shaped literature and writing. This collection of essays investigates how encounters with the curious, exotic, and odd influenced Victorian authors and their creative output. Readers will study how bric-a-brac brought foreign and unusual elements into everyday life. The contributors look at specific settings where these objects gathered, such as museums, private collections, art galleries, and the domestic home. This book provides a deep look at the phenomenon of collecting and its impact on the nineteenth century through the lens of literary theory and history.

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Examines the Victorian fascination with collecting and its impact on nineteenth-century writers.

Investigates how curious and exotic objects influenced literary works and creative expression.

Analyzes the role of museums, art galleries, and private collections in shaping culture.

Explores how bric-a-brac brought the alien into everyday domestic settings.

Provides academic insights into the connection between commodities and oddities in literature.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1409439909
Category: Books > Subjects > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > History & Criticism > Literary Theory & Movements
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 23 April 2013
Listed Since: 01 December 2012

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