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The Resource The spectacle of intimacy : a public life for the Victorian family, Karen Chase and Michael Levenson

The spectacle of intimacy : a public life for the Victorian family, Karen Chase and Michael Levenson

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Love of home life, the intimate moments a family peacefully enjoyed in seclusion, had long been considered a hallmark of English character even before the Victorian era. But the Victorians attached unprecedented importance to domesticity, romanticizing the family in every medium from novels to government reports, to the point where actual families felt anxious and the public developed a fierce appetite for scandal. Here Karen Chase and Michael Levenson explore how intimacy became a spectacle and how this paradox energized Victorian culture between 1835 and 1865. They tell a story of a society continually perfecting the forms of private pleasure and yet forever finding its secrets exposed to view. The friction between the two conditions sparks insightful discussions of authority and sentiment, empire and middle-class politics. --From publisher's description
Language
eng
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Extent
1 online resource (viii, 250 pages)
Contents
  • Introduction: the trouble with families
  • The trials of Caroline Norton: poetry, publicity, and the prime minister
  • The young queen and the parliamentary bedchamber: "I never saw a man so frightened"
  • Sarah Stickney ellis: the ardent woman and the abject wife
  • Tom's pinch: the sexual serpent beside the Dickensian fireside
  • Love after death: the deceased wife's sister bill
  • The transvestite, the bloomer, and the nightingale
  • On the parapets of privacy: walls of wealth and dispossession
  • Robert Kerr: The Gentleman's House and the one-room solution
  • The empire of divorce: single women, the bill of 1857, and revolt in India
  • Bigamy and modernity: the case of Mary Elizabeth Braddon
  • Epilogue: between manual and spectacle
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9781400831128
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The spectacle of intimacy : a public life for the Victorian family
Title
The spectacle of intimacy
Title remainder
a public life for the Victorian family
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Karen Chase and Michael Levenson
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Language
eng
Summary
Love of home life, the intimate moments a family peacefully enjoyed in seclusion, had long been considered a hallmark of English character even before the Victorian era. But the Victorians attached unprecedented importance to domesticity, romanticizing the family in every medium from novels to government reports, to the point where actual families felt anxious and the public developed a fierce appetite for scandal. Here Karen Chase and Michael Levenson explore how intimacy became a spectacle and how this paradox energized Victorian culture between 1835 and 1865. They tell a story of a society continually perfecting the forms of private pleasure and yet forever finding its secrets exposed to view. The friction between the two conditions sparks insightful discussions of authority and sentiment, empire and middle-class politics. --From publisher's description
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1952-
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Chase, Karen
Dewey number
823/.809355
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
PR468.H63
LC item number
C48 2000eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1951-
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Levenson, Michael H.
Series statement
Literature in history
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  • English literature
  • Home in literature
  • Literature and history
  • Public opinion
  • Privacy
  • Families
  • Great Britain
  • Families in literature
  • LITERARY CRITICISM
  • English literature
  • Families
  • Families in literature
  • Home in literature
  • Literature and history
  • Privacy
  • Public opinion
  • Great Britain
  • Persoonlijke levenssfeer
  • Gezin
  • Openbaarheid
  • Sensatie
  • Literaire teksten
  • Victoriaanse tijd
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The spectacle of intimacy : a public life for the Victorian family, Karen Chase and Michael Levenson
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Publication
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unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-246) and index
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online resource
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  • cr
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rdacarrier
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multicolored
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: the trouble with families -- The trials of Caroline Norton: poetry, publicity, and the prime minister -- The young queen and the parliamentary bedchamber: "I never saw a man so frightened" -- Sarah Stickney ellis: the ardent woman and the abject wife -- Tom's pinch: the sexual serpent beside the Dickensian fireside -- Love after death: the deceased wife's sister bill -- The transvestite, the bloomer, and the nightingale -- On the parapets of privacy: walls of wealth and dispossession -- Robert Kerr: The Gentleman's House and the one-room solution -- The empire of divorce: single women, the bill of 1857, and revolt in India -- Bigamy and modernity: the case of Mary Elizabeth Braddon -- Epilogue: between manual and spectacle
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496275791
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (viii, 250 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781400831128
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unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
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illustrations
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22573/cttv7qw
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not applicable
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unknown
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unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)496275791
Label
The spectacle of intimacy : a public life for the Victorian family, Karen Chase and Michael Levenson
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-246) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: the trouble with families -- The trials of Caroline Norton: poetry, publicity, and the prime minister -- The young queen and the parliamentary bedchamber: "I never saw a man so frightened" -- Sarah Stickney ellis: the ardent woman and the abject wife -- Tom's pinch: the sexual serpent beside the Dickensian fireside -- Love after death: the deceased wife's sister bill -- The transvestite, the bloomer, and the nightingale -- On the parapets of privacy: walls of wealth and dispossession -- Robert Kerr: The Gentleman's House and the one-room solution -- The empire of divorce: single women, the bill of 1857, and revolt in India -- Bigamy and modernity: the case of Mary Elizabeth Braddon -- Epilogue: between manual and spectacle
Control code
496275791
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (viii, 250 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781400831128
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/cttv7qw
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)496275791

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