Novel craft
Talia Schaffer · 2011
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About the book
Schaffer explores an intriguing and under-studied aspect of cultural life in Victorian England: domestic handicrafts, the decorative pursuit that predated the Arts and Crafts movement. The book argues that the handicraft movement served as a way to critique the modern mass-produced commodity and the rapidly emerging industrial capitalism of the 19th century. The argument is illustrated with the four pivotal novels that form this study's core - Elizabeth Gaskell's 'Cranford', Charlotte Mary Yonge's 'The Daisy Chain', Charles Dickens's 'Our Mutual Friend', and Margaret Oliphant's 'Phoebe Junior'.
Book details
- Year
- 2011
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 228
- ISBN
- 9780195398045
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