| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 268 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface : getting hold of portable property -- Introduction : the global, the local, and the portable -- Discreet jewels : Victorian diamond narratives and the problem of sentimental value -- The first strawberries in India : cultural portability abroad -- Someone else's knowledge : race and portable culture in Daniel Deronda -- Locating Lorna Doone : R.D. Blackmore, F.H. Burnett, and the limits of English regionalism -- Going local : characters and environments in Thomas Hardy's Wessex -- Nowhere and everywhere : the end of portability in William Morris's romances -- Conclusion : is portability portable? |
| Summary |
What fueled the Victorian passion for hair-jewelry and memorial rings? When would an everyday object metamorphose from commodity to precious relic? In Portable Property, John Plotz examines the new role played by portable objects in persuading Victorian Britons that they could travel abroad with religious sentiments, family ties, and national identity intact. In an empire defined as much by the circulation of capital as by force of arms, the challenge of preserving Englishness while living overseas became a central Victorian preoccupation, creating a pressing need for objects that could readil. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Material culture in literature.
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Material culture in literature. |
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Property in literature.
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Property in literature. |
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Personal belongings in literature.
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Personal belongings in literature. |
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Sentimentalism in literature.
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Sentimentalism in literature. |
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National characteristics, British, in literature.
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National characteristics, British, in literature. |
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Expatriation in literature.
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Expatriation in literature. |
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British -- Foreign countries.
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British -- Foreign countries. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Indexed Term |
JSTOR-DDA |
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English fiction 19th century History and criticism |
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Material culture in literature |
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Property in literature |
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Personal belongings in literature |
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Sentimentalism in literature |
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National characteristics, British, in literature |
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Expatriation in literature |
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British Foreign countries |
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Multi-User. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Plotz, John, 1967- Portable property. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2008 (DLC) 2007033548 |
| ISBN |
9781400828937 (electronic book) |
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1400828937 (electronic book) |
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1282157825 |
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9781282157828 |
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9780691135168 |
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0691135169 |
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