The world in play : portraits of a Victorian concept / Matthew Kaiser.

By:

Kaiser, Matthew [author.]

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Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0804778949
9780804778947

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

820.9/3579 22

LOC classification:

PR468.P55 K35 2012

Other classification:

15.70
18.05
HL 1101
HL 1091

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Contents:

Mapping the world in play -- Fair play in an ugly world : the politics of nautical melodrama -- Toying with the future in Wuthering Heights -- A joy on the precipice of death : Muir and Stevenson in California -- Wilde's folly.

Summary: 19th-century Britain was a world in play. The Victorians invented the weekend and built hundreds of parks and playgrounds. The playful child became a symbol for the future. This book explores the extent to which play pervades 19th-century literature and culture.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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19th-century Britain was a world in play. The Victorians invented the weekend and built hundreds of parks and playgrounds. The playful child became a symbol for the future. This book explores the extent to which play pervades 19th-century literature and culture.

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