Postal pleasures : sex, scandal, and Victorian letters / Kate Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, Katie-Louise.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Letter writing--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Letter writing.

Literature and society--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Literature and society.

Postal service--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Postal service.

Scandals--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Scandals.

Letter writing recreations.

Homosexuality--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Homosexuality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With readings of novels by Thomas Hardy, Anthony Trollope, Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, Henry James, and others, this work explores the relationship between illicit sex and the postal service in Victorian Britain.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Victorians Go Postal; 1. Postal Digressions: Mail and Sexual Scandal; 2. "This Little Queen's Head Can't Be Untrue": Trollope's Postal Infidelities; 3. A Queer Job for a Girl: The Communicative Touch in Trollope, Hardy, and Lynn Linton; 4. All Red Routes: Blood Brotherhood and the Post in Doyle, Kipling, and Stoker; 5. Postscript: Henry James's Public Servant; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-19-045344-3

0-19-973116-0

1-283-42285-9

0-19-975574-4

9786613422859

OCLC:

774392974