| #5313981 in Books | 2011-09-23 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 6.40 x.80 x9.40l,1.05 | File type: PDF | 240 pages||||"Schaffer has revolutionized the study of Victorian aesthetics." -- Choice||"Amply rewards a close reading and will influence new interpretations of Victorian fictions for years to come." -- Dickens Quarterly |||"Sequins from fish scales, br
Novel Craft explores an intriguing and under-studied aspect of cultural life in Victorian England: domestic handicrafts, the decorative pursuit that predated the Arts and Crafts movement. Talia Schaffer argues that the handicraft movement served as a way to critique the modern mass-produced commodity and the rapidly emerging industrial capitalism of the nineteenth century. Her argument is illustrated with the four pivotal novels that form her study's core-Gaskel...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Novel Craft: Victorian Domestic Handicraft and Nineteenth-Century Fiction | Talia Schaffer.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
