The Victorian parlour
By: Thad Logan.
Series: Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ;; 30
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
Subjects: English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Home in literature; Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; House furnishings -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Living rooms -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Domestic fiction, English -- History and criticism; House furnishings in literature; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-275) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: List of illustrations page x; title: Preface xiii; title: Acknowledgments xvii; title: I House and home: the parlour in context I; title: 2. "Sweet ordering, arrangement, and decision":; title: decorating the parlour 36; title: 3. An empire of things: objects in the parlour 105; title: 4. "Intimate glimpses of home": representations of; title: the parlour 202; title: Afterword 233; title: Notes 236; title: Bibliography 260; title: Index 276.