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Author:

Plotz, John, 1967-

Title:

Portable property : Victorian culture on the move / John Plotz.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xvii, 268 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Material culture in literature.
Property in literature.
Personal belongings in literature.
Sentimentalism in literature.
National characteristics, British, in literature.
Expatriation in literature.
British--Foreign countries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-255) and index.

Contents:

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 .

ISBN:

0691135169 (alk. paper)
9780691135168 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007033548

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)