Functions of Victorian Culture at the Present Time
Author: Christine L. Krueger
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 0821414607
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Annotation The echoes of Victorian literature and culture impact contemporary practices and values, according to Krueger (English, Marquette U.). She presents 11 essays that address such issues as the problematics of temporality in the historiography of Victorian times, the reproduction of Victorian material culture for contemporary consumers, the use of Victorian cultural identities in fashioning today's identities, and the persistence of Victorian methods of legal and social discipline. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).