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Author Cottom, Daniel

Title International bohemia : scenes of nineteenth-century life / Daniel Cottom
Edition 1st ed
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (x, 353 pages) : illustrations
Series Haney Foundation series
Haney Foundation series.
Contents Bohemian poseur Jew -- Maggie, not a girl of the streets -- The indignity of labor -- Unknowing Privat -- America, the birthplace of Bohemia -- The poverty of nations -- Sherlock Holmes meets Dracula -- Conclusion
Summary This book traces the vagabond word "bohemia" as it migrated across national borders over the course of the nineteenth century - from France to the United States, England, Italy, Spain, and Germany - and how it was transformed, contested, or rejected along the way
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Print version record
Subject Bohemianism in literature.
Bohemianism -- History -- 19th century
Bohemianism -- History -- 20th century
Alternative lifestyles -- History -- 19th century
Alternative lifestyles -- History -- 20th century
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- General.
Alternative lifestyles
Bohemianism
Bohemianism in literature
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012041245
ISBN 0812208072
9780812208078
Other Titles Scenes of nineteenth-century life
Scenes of 19th century life