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Women, work, and representation : needlewomen in Victorian art and literature
- Title
- Women, work, and representation : needlewomen in Victorian art and literature / Lynn M. Alexander.
- Author
- Alexander, Lynn Mae.
- Publication
- Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Use in library | PR468.N4 A44 2003 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 257 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- In Victorian England, virtually all women were taught to sew, but this essentially domestic virtue took on a different aspect for the professional seamstress of the day. This study considers the way this powerful image of working-class suffering was used by social reformers in art and literature.
- Subject
- 1800-1899
- Geschichte 1800-1900
- English literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- Needlework in literature
- Working poor > England > History > 19th century
- Poor women > England > History > 19th century
- Art, English > 19th century
- Needleworkers in literature
- Sewing in literature
- Women in literature
- Poor in literature
- Sewing in art
- Poor in art
- Art, English
- English literature
- Poor women
- Working poor
- Literatur
- Soziale Situation
- Kunst
- Englisch
- Naaisters
- Letterkunde
- Beeldende kunsten
- England
- Großbritannien
- Englisch
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-250) and index.
- Contents
- 1. The Victorian Seamstress: Fact and Fiction -- 2. Establishing the Image -- 3. The Symbolic Image -- 4. Emigration and the Secular Saint -- 5. Acculturation -- 6. The Aesthetic Vision -- 7. Conclusion: Slaves of the Needle.
- ISBN
- 0821414933
- 9780821414934
- LCCN
- 2002192663
- OCLC
- ocm50960882
- 50960882
- SCSB-1290041
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library