Violent Victorians by Rosalind Crone
By drawing attention to the wide range of gruesome, bloody and confronting amusements patronised by ordinary Londoners this book challenges our understanding of Victorian society and culture. From the turn of the nineteenth century, graphic, yet orderly, 're-enactments' of high level violence flourished in travelling entertainments, penny broadsides, popular theatres, cheap instalment fiction and Sunday newspapers. This book explores the ways in which these entertainments siphoned off much of the actual violence that had hitherto been expressed in all manner of social and political dealings, thus providing a crucial accompaniment to schemes for the reformation of manners and the taming of the streets, while also serving as a social safety valve and a check on the growing cultural hegemony of the middle class.Rosalind Crone’s Violent Victorians is the kind of book that should be on every undergraduate reading list for 19th-century studies'
Jennifer Wallis, Reviews in History, 28/06/2012
'illuminating, well-researched and persuasively argued...In sum an absorbing, lively read.'
Clive Emsley , BBC History, 01/08/2012
'This is a stimulating book, well illustrated and a lively and creative cover.'
Drew Gray, The London Journal, Vol. 37 No. 3, November 2012
'A fascinating and important new study'
Richard M. Ward, Urban History, Vol. 40
Rosalind Crone is Lecturer in History at the Open University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719086854 |
| ISBN 10 | 071908685X |
| Title | Violent Victorians |
| Author | Rosalind Crone |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press |
| Year published | 2012-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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