Portable property : Victorian culture on the move

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What fueled the Victorian passion for hair-jewelry and memorial rings? When would an everyday object metamorphose from commodity to precious relic? In Portable Property, John Plotz examines the new role played by portable objects in persuading Victorian Britons that they could travel abroad with rel...

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Main Author: Plotz, John, 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2008
Subjects:
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Material culture in literature.
Property in literature.
Personal belongings in literature.
Sentimentalism in literature.
National characteristics, British, in literature.
Expatriation in literature.
British > Foreign countries.
British in literature.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central

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