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Victorians undone : tales of the flesh in the age of decorum / Kathryn Hughes

Hughes, Kathryn, 1964- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Hughes, Kathryn, 1959- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

London : 4th Estate, 2017

xviii, 414 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten ; 24 cm

Englisch

Introduction : Parts and holes -- Lady Flora's belly -- Charles Darwin's beard -- George Eliot's hand -- Fanny Cornforth's mouth -- Sweet Fanny Adams.

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-0-00-754836-1 (hbk. : £20.00); 0-00-754836-2 ( : hardback)

978-0-00-754837-8 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

GBB6E9812

9780007548361

AC13423521

OCoLC: 972427502     

OCoLC: 986504740 (aus SWB)      ; OCoLC: 1060978493 (aus SWB)     

HL 1091  | HL 1101      Ähnliche Literatur

GT497.G7

941.081 ; 306.409

Basisklassifikation: 15.64 (Großbritannien; Irland) <Geschichte> ; 18.05 (Englische Literatur) ; 17.93 (Literarische Stoffe; literarische Motive; literarische Themen)

Fachinformationsdienst(e): FID-AAC-DE-7

*Englisch ; Literatur ; Körper <Motiv> ; Geschichte 1837-1901     Zum Register

*Großbritannien ; Körperbild ; Sozialgeschichte 1837-1901      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Human body -- History -- 19th century -- Great Britain ; Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 ; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century ; Human body -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century ; Body image -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century ; Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 ; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century

MeSH: Body Image ; Human Body ; History, 19th Century

"A groundbreaking account of what it was like to live in a Victorian body from one of our best historians ... brings the Victorians back to life and helps us understand how they lived their lives"--Publisher's description