The Resource Victorians undone : tales of the flesh in the age of decorum, Kathryn Hughes
Victorians undone : tales of the flesh in the age of decorum, Kathryn Hughes
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- Summary
- Why did the great philosophical novelist George Eliot feel so self-conscious that her right hand was larger than her left? Exactly what made Darwin grow that iconic beard in 1862, a good five years after his contemporaries had all retired their razors? Who knew Queen Victoria had a personal hygiene problem as a young woman and the crisis that followed led to a hurried commitment to marry Albert? How did a working-class child called Fanny Adams disintegrate into pieces in 1867 before being reassembled into a popular joke, one we still reference today (but would stop, appalled, if we knew its origins)? Kathryn Hughes follows a thickened index finger or deep baritone voice into the realms of social history, medical discourse, aesthetic practise and religious observance - its language is one of admiring glances, cruel sniggers, an implacably turned back. The result is an eye-opening, deeply intelligent, groundbreaking account that brings the Victorians back to life and helps us understand how they lived their lives
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii, 414 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- First published in 2017
- Isbn
- 9780007548385
- Label
- Victorians undone : tales of the flesh in the age of decorum
- Title
- Victorians undone
- Title remainder
- tales of the flesh in the age of decorum
- Statement of responsibility
- Kathryn Hughes
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Why did the great philosophical novelist George Eliot feel so self-conscious that her right hand was larger than her left? Exactly what made Darwin grow that iconic beard in 1862, a good five years after his contemporaries had all retired their razors? Who knew Queen Victoria had a personal hygiene problem as a young woman and the crisis that followed led to a hurried commitment to marry Albert? How did a working-class child called Fanny Adams disintegrate into pieces in 1867 before being reassembled into a popular joke, one we still reference today (but would stop, appalled, if we knew its origins)? Kathryn Hughes follows a thickened index finger or deep baritone voice into the realms of social history, medical discourse, aesthetic practise and religious observance - its language is one of admiring glances, cruel sniggers, an implacably turned back. The result is an eye-opening, deeply intelligent, groundbreaking account that brings the Victorians back to life and helps us understand how they lived their lives
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- 1959-
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- Hughes, Kathryn
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- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- bibliography
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- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Victorians undone : tales of the flesh in the age of decorum, Kathryn Hughes
- Note
- First published in 2017
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Control code
- p2251057886
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- xviii, 414 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780007548385
- Media category
- unmediated
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- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour)
- Label
- Victorians undone : tales of the flesh in the age of decorum, Kathryn Hughes
- Note
- First published in 2017
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent.
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- p2251057886
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- xviii, 414 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780007548385
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour)
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