Postal pleasures : sex, scandal, and Victorian letters / Kate Thomas.

Author/creator Thomas, Katie-Louise
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Descriptionxii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Letter writing--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Literature and society--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Postal service--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Scandals--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Letter writing recreations.
Homosexuality--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.

Contents Victorians go postal -- Postal digressions : mail and sexual scandal -- "This little queen's head can't be untrue" : Trollope's postal infidelities -- A queer job for a girl : the communicative touch in Trollope, Hardy, and Lynn Linton -- All red routes : blood brotherhood and the post in Doyle, Kipling, and Stoker -- Henry James's public servant.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011011838
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