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Titel: The Victorian Visitors
Zustand: Neu
Subtitle: Culture Shock in Nineteenth-Century Britain
EAN: 9780802139337
ISBN: 9780802139337
Verlag: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Produktart: Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.10.2002
Description: Like present-day New York, early-nineteenth-century London was an extraordinarily vibrant and creative metropolis to which visitors -- from scholars to social climbers -- went in search of wealth and fame. The Victorian Visitors lucidly captures the encounters between London and some of its most famous visitors who left an indelible mark on its culture. Among others, Christiansen reveals the great French artist Gericault painting the climax of a public execution and the finish of the Epsom Derby, Richard Wagner guffawing at anti-Semitic jokes in the restaurant of the Victoria and Albert Museum, and Ralph Waldo Emerson driving Thomas Carlyle to distraction with his "moonshine" philosophy. A fascinating illustrated look at the cultural and social mores of nineteenth-century London, Christiansen challenges our stereotypes of Victorian England with vividly readable and often hilarious accounts of how British culture welcomed these remarkable foreigners.
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellungsland und -region: US
Höhe: 228mm
Länge: 152mm
Gewicht: 411g
Autor: Rupert Christiansen
Genre: History
Title Format: Taschenbuch

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