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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521631823

ISBN-139780521631822

eBay Product ID (ePID)1909334

Product Key Features

Number of Pages304 Pages

Publication NameVictorian Parlour : a Cultural Study

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGeneral, Customs & Traditions, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Publication Year2001

TypeTextbook

AuthorThad Logan

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Social Science

SeriesCambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight22 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN00-050237

Dewey Edition21

Reviews'... a refreshing change from standard histories of design ... a richly detailed account ... Historians who are grappling with the evidentiary problems that material culture poses will find The Victorian Parlour a stimulating example. Her critique of Veblen's theory of social emulation is excellent, her comments about Susan Stewart's On Longing are insightful ... a number of tantalizing observations ... The Victorian Parlour makes for fascinating reading ...'Historical Journal, "Logan offers an expansive interpretation of a home space, reminding us that more than mere domesticity was at stake. The depth of her research does justice to the lushness of the parlour while avoiding its stuffiness." Victorian Studies, 'â€¦ a refreshing change from standard histories of design â€¦ a richly detailed account â€¦ Historians who are grappling with the evidentiary problems that material culture poses will find The Victorian Parlour a stimulating example. Her critique of Veblen's theory of social emulation is excellent, her comments about Susan Stewart's On Longing are insightful â€¦ a number of tantalizing observations â€¦ The Victorian Parlour makes for fascinating reading â€¦' Historical Journal, "A finely detailed examination of this keynote room in Victorian domestic space." Studies in English Literature, "This is what we have been waiting for: a theoretically informed and thoroughly researched study, a serious account of the codes governing domestic space." Nineteenth-Century Literature, "Provides an excellent insight into the Victorian art of domestic space as a key to Victorian culture and as an essential background to reading Vicotiran fiction." Zeitschrift fuer Anglistik und Amerikanistik, "This is a sterling book: theoretically sophisticated, bursting with information and illustrations, The Victorian Parlour is material culture studies at its best." Victorian Periodical Review, "Offers a provocative interdisciplinary study of the Victorian parlor as a stage set for the display of middle-class Victorian life, emphasizing the role of the reflection of "feminine accomplishments"." CHOICE Jan 2002, '… a refreshing change from standard histories of design … a richly detailed account … Historians who are grappling with the evidentiary problems that material culture poses will find The Victorian Parlour a stimulating example. Her critique of Veblen's theory of social emulation is excellent, her comments about Susan Stewart's On Longing are insightful … a number of tantalizing observations … The Victorian Parlour makes for fascinating reading …'Historical Journal

TitleLeadingThe

Series Volume NumberSeries Number 30

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal820.9/355

Table Of ContentList of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. House and home: the parlour in context; 2. 'Sweet ordering, arrangement, and decision': decorating the parlour; 3. An empire of things: objects in the parlour; 4. 'Intimate glimpses of home': representations of the parlour; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

SynopsisThe parlour was the centre of the Victorian home and, as Thad Logan shows, the place where contemporary conflicts about domesticity and gender relations were played out. In The Victorian Parlour: A Cultural Study, Logan uses an interdisciplinary approach to describe and analyse the parlour as a significant cultural space., The parlor was the center of the Victorian home and, as Thad Logan shows, the place where contemporary conflicts about domesticity and gender relations were frequently played out. In The Victorian Parlour: A Cultural Study, Logan uses an interdisciplinary approach that combines the perspectives of art history, social history, and literary theory to describe and analyze the parlor as a highly significant cultural space. The book concludes with a discussion of how representations of the parlor in literature and art reveal the pleasures and anxieties associated with Victorian domestic life., The parlour was the centre of the Victorian home and, as Thad Logan shows, the place where contemporary conflicts about domesticity and gender relations were frequently played out. In The Victorian Parlour: A Cultural Study, Logan uses an interdisciplinary approach that combines the perspectives of art history, social history and literary theory to describe and analyse the parlour as a cultural artefact. She offers a detailed investigation of specific objects in the parlour, and argues that these things articulated social meaning and could present symbolic resolutions to disturbances in the social field. The book concludes with a discussion of how representations of the parlour in literature and art reveal the pleasures and anxieties associated with Victorian domestic life., The Victorian Parlour uses an interdisciplinary approach to analyse the parlour as a cultural space.

LC Classification NumberPR468.H63 L64 2001