Women, Work, and Representation : needlewomen in Victorian art and literature
Alexander, Lynn Mae
Women, Work, and Representation : needlewomen in Victorian art and literature / Lynn Mae Alexander - Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2003. - 257p : ; 24 cm
1. The Victorian Seamstress: Fact and Fiction --
2. Establishing the Image --
3. The Symbolic Image --
4. Emigration and the Secular Saint --
5. Acculturation --
6. The Aesthetic Vision --
7. Conclusion: Slaves of the Needle.
In Victorian England, virtually all women were taught to sew, but this essentially domestic virtue took on a different aspect for the professional seamstress of the day. This study considers the way this powerful image of working-class suffering was used by social reformers in art and literature.
9780821414934
Zafaa Books & Distributors :313/56F 49A, Anand Nagar Inderlok Delhi 110035
Literature
English and Old English literatures
Old English literatures
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Needlework in literature.
Working poor -- England -- History -- 19th century.
Sewing in literature.
Women in literature.
Poor in literature.
Poor in art.
820.992 ALE
Women, Work, and Representation : needlewomen in Victorian art and literature / Lynn Mae Alexander - Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2003. - 257p : ; 24 cm
1. The Victorian Seamstress: Fact and Fiction --
2. Establishing the Image --
3. The Symbolic Image --
4. Emigration and the Secular Saint --
5. Acculturation --
6. The Aesthetic Vision --
7. Conclusion: Slaves of the Needle.
In Victorian England, virtually all women were taught to sew, but this essentially domestic virtue took on a different aspect for the professional seamstress of the day. This study considers the way this powerful image of working-class suffering was used by social reformers in art and literature.
9780821414934
Zafaa Books & Distributors :313/56F 49A, Anand Nagar Inderlok Delhi 110035
Literature
English and Old English literatures
Old English literatures
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Needlework in literature.
Working poor -- England -- History -- 19th century.
Sewing in literature.
Women in literature.
Poor in literature.
Poor in art.
820.992 ALE
