Common scents : comparative encounters in high-Victorian fiction /

Who smells? Surveying nearly 80 novels written in the 1860s to answer that impolite question, 'Common Scents' provides a reading of Victorian values, particularly as they assess the relative merits of men and women, spirit and matter.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Carlisle, Janice
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:	English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism. Odors in literature. Melancholy in literature. Smell in literature. Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique. Odeurs dans la littérature. Mélancolie dans la littérature. Odorat dans la littérature. LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English fiction Melancholy in literature Odors in literature Smell in literature Fictie. Engels. Geur. Ruiken. 1800-1899 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

Smelling others
Melancholic men
Women of substance
Treating the melancholic of Our mutual friend.