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'Ornament, the Novel, and the Victorian Real' explores the intersection of literary form with visual culture in the Victorian period. In charting the contributions of decorative design to novelistic realism, it shows how deeply the major genre of the period is indebted to an aesthetic form...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yamboliev, Irena (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Subjects:
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
History.
ART.
LITERARY CRITICISM.
Literature: history & criticism.
Literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:'Ornament, the Novel, and the Victorian Real' explores the intersection of literary form with visual culture in the Victorian period. In charting the contributions of decorative design to novelistic realism, it shows how deeply the major genre of the period is indebted to an aesthetic form that tends to get feminized, trivialized, and dismissed.
Physical Description:1 online resource (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780198958185
0198958188
9780198958178
019895817X