What are we to make of the Victorians’ fascination with collecting? What effect did their encounters with the curious, exotic and downright odd have on Victor
This collection of essays is concerned with the phenomenon of bric-a-brac in Victorian literature. Focusing on the representation of material culture in Victori
What are we to make of the Victorians’ fascination with collecting? What effect did their encounters with the curious, exotic and downright odd have on Victor
A discussion of the Victorians and their literature. It sets out the political, social and economic framework of the period, and then goes on to study the vario