Hairwork in Victorian Literature and Culture: Matter, Form, and Craft - Hardcover
by Heather Hind
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Availability:In StockContributor:Heather HindSeries:Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and CulturePublish date:10/20/2025Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9783031787782ISBN-10:3031787781UPC:9783031787782Book Category:Literary Criticism, Art, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Modern, History, Cultural & Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:19th Century, European StudiesSize:8.27 x 5.83 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCDMNACQMV
Hairwork in Victorian Literature and Culture: Matter, Form, and Craft
This book presents an original and engaging study of the cultural history and literary significance of hairwork - the crafting of decorative objects, such as jewellery, from human hair - in Victorian Britain. Hairwork became increasingly fashionable and commercialised in the mid-nineteenth century, before swiftly declining in popularity. Yet, in the Victorian imagination, hairwork held a peculiar...
Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture
Language:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9783031787782ISBN-10:3031787781UPC:9783031787782Book Category:Literary Criticism, Art, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Modern, History, Cultural & Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:19th Century, European StudiesSize:8.27 x 5.83 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCDMNACQMV
Heather Hind is an Honorary Associate of The Open University, UK, with research interests in Victorian literature, material culture and handicrafts.
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