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  1. Portable property
    Victorian culture on the move
    Author: Plotz, John
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, N.J. [u.a.]

    Universitätsbibliothek Paderborn
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9780691146621; 9780691135168
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    2007033548
    Subjects: British; English fiction; Expatriation in literature; Material culture in literature; National characteristics, British, in literature; Personal belongings in literature; Property in literature; Sentimentalism in literature
    Scope: XVII, 268 S., Ill., 24cm
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-255) and index. - Formerly CIP

  2. Portable property
    Victorian culture on the move
    Author: Plotz, John
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ

    Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen-Nürnberg, Hauptbibliothek
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9780691135168; 9780691146621
    RVK Categories: HL 1091
    Subjects: Literatur; Besitz <Motiv>; Nationalcharakter; Kultur; Englisch
    Scope: XVII, 268 S., Ill.
  3. Portable property
    Victorian culture on the move
    Author: Plotz, John
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, N.J. [u.a.]

    Universitätsbibliothek Paderborn
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780691146621; 9780691135168
    Subjects: British; English fiction; Expatriation in literature; Material culture in literature; National characteristics, British, in literature; Personal belongings in literature; Property in literature; Sentimentalism in literature
    Scope: XVII, 268 S. : Ill., 24cm
    Notes:

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

  4. Portable Property
    Victorian Culture on the Move
    Author: Plotz, John
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  Princeton University Press, Princeton

    What fueled the Victorian passion for hair-jewelry and memorial rings? When would an everyday object metamorphose from commodity to precious relic? In Portable Property, John Plotz examines the new role played by portable objects in persuading... more

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    What fueled the Victorian passion for hair-jewelry and memorial rings? When would an everyday object metamorphose from commodity to precious relic? In Portable Property, John Plotz examines the new role played by portable objects in persuading Victorian Britons that they could travel abroad with religious sentiments, family ties, and national identity intact. In an empire defined as much by the circulation of capital as by force of arms, the challenge of preserving Englishness while living overseas became a central Victorian preoccupation, creating a pressing need for objects that could readi

     

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    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
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    ISBN: 9780691146621
    Scope: Online-Ressource (288 p.)
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    Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface: Getting Hold of Portable Property; INTRODUCTION: The Global, the Local, and the Portable; CHAPTER ONE: Discreet Jewels: Victorian Diamond Narratives and the Problem of Sentimental Value; CHAPTER TWO: The First Strawberries in India: Cultural Portability Abroad; CHAPTER THREE: Someone Else's Knowledge: Race and Portable Culture in Daniel Deronda; CHAPTER FOUR: Locating Lorna Doone: R. D. Blackmore, F. H. Burnett, and the Limits of English Regionalism; CHAPTER FIVE: Going Local: Characters and Environments in Thomas Hardy's Wessex

    CHAPTER SIX: Nowhere and Everywhere: The End of Portability in William Morris's RomancesCONCLUSION: Is Portability Portable?; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

  5. Portable property
    Victorian culture on the move
    Author: Plotz, John
    Published: [2008]
    Publisher:  Princeton University Press, Princeton

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780691135168; 9780691146621
    RVK Categories: HL 1091
    Subjects: Englisch; Literatur; Besitz <Motiv>; England; Kultur; Nationalcharakter; Geschichte 1837-1901;
    Scope: xvii, 268 Seiten, Illustrationen
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    Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [235]-255