01646nam a22003257a 4500 20220622110015.0 220622b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780821414934 :Zafaa Books & Distributors :313/56F 49A, Anand Nagar Inderlok Delhi 110035 :ZBD0256 :18/06/2022 820.992 ALE Alexander, Lynn Mae Women, Work, and Representation : needlewomen in Victorian art and literature / Lynn Mae Alexander Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2003. 257p : ; 24 cm 7307 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. 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. Alexander, Lynn Mae BOOK 59416 59416 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2022-06-22 Zafaa Books & Distributors 7307.00 0 820.992 ALE 28776 2022-06-22 00:00:00 2022-06-22 BOOK