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Writers, readers, and occasions : selected essays on Victorian literature and life / Richard D. Altick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Altick, Richard D. (Richard Daniel), 1915-2008.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Books and reading--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Books and reading.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century.
- Manners and customs.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [1989]
- Summary:
- Richard D. Altick, distinguished scholar of Victorian studies, has, during the last thirty years, published numerous essays on a wide variety of topics. His insatiable curiosity about nineteenth-century English writers, the people who read their books, and the social and cultural climate of the era informs each essay as he guides readers from an exploding volcano's impact on Victorian poets to the ransacking of the London exhibition business records to the hilarious performance of longtime reactionary member of Parliament, one of Punch' favorite butts.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0814204597
- OCLC:
- 17547309
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