Victorian love letters in literature and art / Roberta Zanasi.

Author/creator Zanasi, Roberta, 1973- author.
Format Electronic
PublicationOxford ; New York : Peter Lang, 2024.
Description1 online resource.
Supplemental ContentEBSCOhost
Subjects
Love-letters--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Letter writing--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
English letters--19th century. --History and criticism.
English fiction--19th century. --History and criticism.
Love-letters in literature.
Painting, Victorian--Great Britain.
Painting, British--19th century.
Love-letters in art.
Electronic books.

SeriesCultural Interactions: Studies in the Relationship Between the Arts ; volume 50
Cultural interactions ; v. 50.
Contents Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Letters and the Victorian Context -- Chapter 3 Love Letters -- Chapter 4 Love Letters in Novels -- Chapter 5 Love Letters in Painting.
Abstract "This book reconsiders the relevance of letter writing in Victorian culture. In an age of postal reforms and technological innovations that revolutionized communication, letter writing had become more widespread than ever. Love letters, in particular, continued to be central in the courtship ritual. However, as new ideas about love and marriage came along, they no longer exclusively represented the quintessential romantic form in the popular imagination. Through a close analysis of a broad corpus of Victorian correspondences, novels and paintings, this book demonstrates that novelists and painters who dealt with the ever-recurring themes of love and marriage could not refrain from incorporating an epistolary element into their works. Letters still inspired artists of all kinds - poets, playwrights, and illustrators, too - but their representations mirrored new understandings of communication as well as love and marriage. Through an analysis of a broad corpus of correspondences, novels and paintings, this book aims to re-establish the relevance of letter writing within Victorian culture. In an age of postal reforms and innovations, the representation of love letters in art and literature mirrored new understandings of communication but also of love and marriage"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Zanasi, Roberta, 1973- Victorian love letters in literature and art Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2024] 9781803743486
Genre/formLiterary criticism.
Genre/formArt criticism.
Genre/formCritiques littĖŒraires.
Genre/formCritiques d'art.
LCCN 2024001089
ISBN9781803743509 (epub)
ISBN1803743506
ISBN9781803743493 (ebook)
ISBN1803743492
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