Victorians undone : tales of the flesh in the age of decorum / Kathryn Hughes.
- Hughes, Kathryn, 1959-
- Date:
- 2017
- Books
About this work
Also known as
Tales of the flesh in the age of decorum
Description
"A groundbreaking account of what it was like to live in a Victorian body from one of our best historians ... brings the Victorians back to life and helps us understand how they lived their lives"--Publisher's description.
Publication/Creation
London : 4th Estate, 2017.
Physical description
xviii, 414 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
Contributors
Contents
Introduction : Parts and holes -- Lady Flora's belly -- Charles Darwin's beard -- George Eliot's hand -- Fanny Cornforth's mouth -- Sweet Fanny Adams.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Languages
Subjects
- Human bodySocial aspectsGreat BritainHistory19th century
- Body imageSocial aspectsGreat BritainHistory19th century
- Body Image
- Human Body
- History, 19th Century
- 19th century
- Great BritainHistoryVictoria, 1837-1901
- Great BritainSocial conditions19th century
- Hastings, Flora, Lady, 1806-1839.
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
- Eliot, George, 1819-1880.
- Cornforth, Fanny, 1835-1909.
- Adams, Fanny, 1859-1867.
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineDA.AM.AA8Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 0007548362
- 9780007548361