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| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| ISBN 13 | 9781350023406 |
| ISBN 10 | 135002340X |
| Author | Rebecca Mitchell |
| Language | English |
| Book Description | This book offers a unique anthology of primary texts that shaped and mirrored the fashions of the Victorian period, from corsets to crinolines, dandies to decadent `New Women'. A user-friendly collection that provides a solid grounding in the fashion history of the nineteenth century, it brings together for the first time sources that trace the evolution of dress and the social, cultural and political discourses that influenced it. Featuring seminal writings by authors and commentators such as Oscar Wilde, Thorstein Veblen and Sarah Stickney Ellis, plus satirical cartoons, illustrations and fashion plates from key sources such as Punch magazine, it combines primary texts and illustrations with accessible explanatory notes to offer a wide-ranging overview of the period for both students and researchers. Each section opens with an introduction that examines the major trends in Victorian clothing - and the material, economic, scientific and cultural forces driving those trends - situating the texts in the pressing social anxieties and pleasures of the time. Exploring both menswear and womenswear, and key topics such as corsetry, dress reform and mourning, Mitchell extends her analysis into interdisciplinary fields including gender studies and literature, and guides the reader with a timeline, glossary and further readings. Fashioning the Victorians is an essential sourcebook for those interested in fashion history, Victorian studies, and English literature. |
| About the Author | Rebecca N. Mitchell is Senior Lecturer of Victorian Literature at the University of Birmingham, UK. She is the author of Victorian Lessons in Empathy and Difference (2011) and co-author of Oscar Wilde's Chatterton: Literary History, Romanticism, and the Art of Forgery (2015), among other works. |
| Publication Date | May 17, 2018 |
Fashioning The Victorians: A Critical Sourcebook Paperback English by Rebecca Mitchell - May 17, 2018
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