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Postal pleasures : sex, scandal, and Victorian letters /

With readings of novels by Thomas Hardy, Anthony Trollope, Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, Henry James, and others, this work explores the relationship between illicit sex and the postal service in Victorian Britain.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas, Katie-Louise
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford [UK] ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Letter writing > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Postal service > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Scandals > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Letter writing recreations.
Homosexuality > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Littérature et société > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Scandales > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Jeux épistolaires.
Homosexualité > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Homosexuality
Letter writing
Letter writing recreations
Literature and society
Postal service
Scandals
Great Britain
1800-1899
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:With readings of novels by Thomas Hardy, Anthony Trollope, Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, Henry James, and others, this work explores the relationship between illicit sex and the postal service in Victorian Britain.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 251 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-238) and index.
ISBN:9780199731169
0199731160
9780199730919
0199730911