| Description |
1 online resource (x, 290 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 81
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Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 81.
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| Summary |
"In the early nineteenth century there was a sudden vogue for novels centering on the glamour of aristocratic social and political life. Such novels, attractive as they were to middle-class readers, were condemned by contemporary critics as dangerously seductive, crassly commercial, designed for the 'masses' and utterly unworthy of regard. Until recently, silver-fork novels have eluded serious consideration and been overshadowed by authors such as Jane Austen. They were influenced by Austen at their very deepest levels, but were paradoxically drummed out of history by the very canon-makers who were using Austen's name to establish their own legitimacy. This first modern full-length study of the silver-fork novel argues that these novels were in fact tools of persuasion, novels deliberately aimed at bringing the British middle classes into an alliance with an aristocratic program of political reform"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-286) and index. |
| Contents |
Cultural contexts -- The woman's tradition : Edgeworth, Burney and Austen -- Reform and the silver fork novel -- Newspapers and the silver fork novel -- The topography of silver fork London -- Reform and the silver fork heroine. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Great Britain. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Fashion in literature.
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Fashion in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Title |
Fashionable fiction in the age of reform |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Copeland, Edward. Silver fork novel. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9780521513333 (DLC) 2012011695 (OCoLC)779244503 |
| ISBN |
9781139518284 (electronic book) |
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1139518283 (electronic book) |
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9781139015059 (electronic book) |
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1139015052 (electronic book) |
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9781139514781 (electronic book) |
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1139514784 (electronic book) |
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9780521513333 |
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0521513332 |
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9781139516433 |
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1139516434 |
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