Victorian Christmas in print / Tara Moore.

Author/creator Moore, Tara
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Description194 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Christmas in literature.
Christmas stories, English--History and criticism.
English literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
National characteristics, English, in literature.
Books and reading--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Authors and readers--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Christmas--Economic aspects. --Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Literature publishing--Economic aspects. --Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Publishers and publishing--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Literature and society--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.

SeriesNineteenth-century major lives and letters
Nineteenth-century major lives and letters. ^A719558
Contents Books for Christmas, 1822-1860 -- How Victorians read Christmas -- How Mr. Punch stole Christmas : the evolution of the holiday in periodicals -- Ghost stories at Christmas -- The expansion of Christmas consumerism : gifts and commodities -- The poetry of Christmas -- Modern marketing of the Victorian Christmas.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008051017
ISBN9780230616547 (alk. paper)
ISBN0230616542 (alk. paper)