ISBN:
9780754661450
Language:
English
Pages:
172 S.
,
Ill.
DDC:
823/.809564
Keywords:
English fiction History and criticism 19th century
;
English fiction History and criticism 20th century
;
Clothing and dress in literature
;
Fashion in literature
;
Identity (Psychology) in literature
;
Social classes in literature
;
Clothing and dress Social aspects
;
History
;
Fashion Social aspects
;
History
;
Fashion History 19th century
;
Fiktionale Darstellung
;
Großbritannien
;
Literatur
;
Kleidung
;
Gesellschaftsbild
;
Soziale Identität
;
Geschichte 1870-1914
Description / Table of Contents:
The function of dress in the novel -- Development and innovation in the nineteenth-century fashion industry -- Writing out frivolity -- Women, fashion and the art of (class) deception -- Needlewomen and shop girls in nineteenth-century fiction.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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