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  1. Class, culture and suburban anxieties in the Victorian era
    Author: Whelan, Lara Baker
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Routledge,, New York

    Introduction: "scenes of peace and quietude," or Victorian fantasies of suburban utopia -- Dying of one's neighbors: Victorian suburban literature and its deconstruction of the suburban ideal -- Where there is no profligacy, drunkenness or crime:... more

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    Introduction: "scenes of peace and quietude," or Victorian fantasies of suburban utopia -- Dying of one's neighbors: Victorian suburban literature and its deconstruction of the suburban ideal -- Where there is no profligacy, drunkenness or crime: representations of the working class and origins of suburban anxieties -- Cracks in the facade: looking behind the cult of the picturesque in Victorian suburban fiction -- Controlling "that region of irregular bodies": the uninhabitable house and the suburban ghost story -- Gothic terrors: the suburban ruin and sensation fiction -- Sublime suburbs -- Conclusion: the death of the suburban ideal and the rise of the new suburban, 1880-1914.

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780203864029; 9781135177140; 9781135177188; 9781135177195
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    Series: Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature ; 4
    Subjects: English fiction; Middle class in literature; Suburbs in literature; Suburban life in literature; Middle class; Suburbs; Suburban life
    Scope: 1 online resource (177 pages)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-173) and index
  2. Class, culture and suburban anxieties in the Victorian era
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Routledge, New York, NY [u.a.]

    In this study, Whelan demonstrates the way in which representations of the Victorian suburb in mid- to late-nineteenth century British writing occasioned a literary sub-genre unique to this period that attempted to reassure readers that the... more

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    In this study, Whelan demonstrates the way in which representations of the Victorian suburb in mid- to late-nineteenth century British writing occasioned a literary sub-genre unique to this period that attempted to reassure readers that the suburb was a place where outsiders could be controlled and where middle-class values could be enforced. In particular, Whelan draws attention to the discourse of the suburb as a space of cultural contention in an attempt to illuminate a facet of class history that has often been ignored, overgeneralized, or misunderstood. At the same time, she rec

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0415802172; 9780203864029; 0203864026; 9780415802178; 9781135177195; 9781282376786
    RVK Categories: HL 1101
    Edition: 1. publ.
    Series: Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature ; 4
    Subjects: Suburbs; Suburban life; Suburban life in literature; Middle class in literature; Suburbs in literature; English fiction; Middle class
    Scope: Online-Ressource (177 p)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

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    Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: "Scenes of Peace and Quietude," or Victorian Fantasies of Suburban Utopia; 2 Dying of One's Neighbors: Victorian Suburban Literature and Its Deconstruction of the Suburban Ideal; 3 Where There Is No Profligacy, Drunkeness or Crime: Representations of the Working Class and Origins of Suburban Anxieties; 4 Cracks in the Façade: Looking Behind the Cult of the Picturesque in Victorian Suburban Fiction; 5 Controlling "That Region of Irregular Bodies": The Uninhabitable House and the Suburban Ghost Story

    6 Gothic Terrors: The Suburban Ruin and Sensation Fiction7 Sublime Suburbs; 8 Conclusion: The Death of the Suburban Ideal and the Rise of the "New" Suburban, 1880-1914; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
  3. Class, culture and suburban anxieties in the Victorian era
    Author: Whelan, Lara Baker
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Routledge,, New York

    Introduction: "scenes of peace and quietude," or Victorian fantasies of suburban utopia -- Dying of one's neighbors: Victorian suburban literature and its deconstruction of the suburban ideal -- Where there is no profligacy, drunkenness or crime:... more

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    Introduction: "scenes of peace and quietude," or Victorian fantasies of suburban utopia -- Dying of one's neighbors: Victorian suburban literature and its deconstruction of the suburban ideal -- Where there is no profligacy, drunkenness or crime: representations of the working class and origins of suburban anxieties -- Cracks in the facade: looking behind the cult of the picturesque in Victorian suburban fiction -- Controlling "that region of irregular bodies": the uninhabitable house and the suburban ghost story -- Gothic terrors: the suburban ruin and sensation fiction -- Sublime suburbs -- Conclusion: the death of the suburban ideal and the rise of the new suburban, 1880-1914.

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780203864029; 9781135177140; 9781135177188; 9781135177195
    Other identifier:
    Series: Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature ; 4
    Subjects: English fiction; Middle class in literature; Suburbs in literature; Suburban life in literature; Middle class; Suburbs; Suburban life
    Scope: 1 online resource (177 pages)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-173) and index