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1 online resource (xii, 177 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature ; 4 |
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Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature ; 4.
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| Contents |
Introduction: "scenes of peace and quietude," or Victorian fantasies of suburban utopia -- Dying of one's neighbors: Victorian suburban literature and its deconstruction of the suburban ideal -- Where there is no profligacy, drunkenness or crime: representations of the working class and origins of suburban anxieties -- Cracks in the façade: looking behind the cult of the picturesque in Victorian suburban fiction -- Controlling "that region of irregular bodies": the uninhabitable house and the suburban ghost story -- Gothic terrors: the suburban ruin and sensation fiction -- Sublime suburbs -- Conclusion: the death of the suburban ideal and the rise of the new suburban, 1880-1914 |
| Summary |
In this study, Whelan demonstrates the way in which representations of the Victorian suburb in mid- to late-nineteenth century British writing occasioned a literary sub-genre unique to this period€that attempted to reassure readers that the suburb was a place where outsiders could be controlled and where middle-class values could be enforced. In particular, Whelan draws attention to the discourse of the suburb as a space of cultural contention in an attempt to illuminate a facet of class history that has often been ignored, overgeneralized, or misunderstood. At the same time, €she rec |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-173) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Middle class in literature.
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Suburbs in literature.
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Suburban life in literature.
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Middle class -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Suburbs -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Suburban life -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English fiction
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Middle class
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Middle class in literature
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Suburban life
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Suburban life in literature
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Suburbs
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Suburbs in literature
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203864029 |
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0203864026 |
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9786612376788 |
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6612376783 |
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9781135177195 |
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1135177198 |
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9781135177140 |
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1135177147 |
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9781135177188 |
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113517718X |
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9781138843561 |
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1138843563 |
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