UID:
almahu_9949747498102882
Format:
1 online resource (xxxviii, 152 pages) :
,
illustrations
ISBN:
9781032725864
,
1032725869
,
9781040021866
,
1040021867
,
9781040021859
,
1040021859
Content:
This volume is a critical edition of a Victorian scrapbook, composed of cuttings from advertising images from the 1880's. These images are arranged in hand-drawn domestic spaces and embellished with watercolour details. At the foot of each page is a handwritten running text, written by an unknown Victorian author, that provides a narrative to explain the accompanying images. The album also includes four original short stories, interspersed by twenty-three vignettes, which, like advertisements in a magazine, echo and reinforce themes in the surrounding content. The album highlights issues of concern to women at the fin de siècle: romance, marriage, shopping, and house decoration. The satirical commentary on late Victorian shopping and commodity culture provides a fascinating insight into the interests and responses of consumers during this period. The volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of literary and advertising history.
Note:
Foreword by Jeremy Parrett, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityIntroduction by Alexis Easley, University of St. ThomasBibliographyA Victorian Scrapbook Appendix: Transcription of the Scrapbook Text
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1032408006
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032408002
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781032725864
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781032725864
