comparative encounters in high-Victorian fiction /
First Statement of Responsibility
Janice Carlisle.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (viii, 220 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-209) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Smelling others -- Melancholic men -- Women of substance -- Treating the melancholic of Our mutual friend.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Who smells? Surveying nearly 80 novels written in the 1860s to answer that impolite question, 'Common Scents' provides a reading of Victorian values, particularly as they assess the relative merits of men and women, spirit and matter.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Common scents.
International Standard Book Number
0195165098
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
English fiction-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
Melancholy in literature.
Odors in literature.
Smell in literature.
Mélancolie dans la littérature.
Odeurs dans la littérature.
Odorat dans la littérature.
Roman anglais-- 19e siècle-- Histoire et critique.