Worlds beyond miniatures and Victorian fiction
"In 1856, Elizabeth Gaskell discovered a trove of handmade miniature books that were created by Charlotte and Branwell Bronte in their youth and that, as Gaskell later recalled, "contained an immense amount of manuscript, in an inconceivably small space." Far from being singular wonde...
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| Language: | English |
| Language notes: | In English. |
| Imprint: | New Haven Yale University Press [2021] |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part One. Miniatures and Art
- Chapter One. Victorian Portrait Miniatures: Private Attachment and Public Display
- Chapter Two. Portrait Miniatures in the Novel from Jane Austen to George Eliot
- Part Two. Miniatures and Science
- Chapter Three. Microscopic Empiricism and Enchantment
- Chapter Four. Fairies Through the Microscope
- Part Three. Miniatures and Childhood
- Chapter Five. Imperfect Miniaturization: Toys in the Victorian Nursery
- Chapter Six. Speculative Fictions: World Making in Glass Town and Wonderland
- Part Four. Miniatures and the Book
- Chapter Seven. Multum in Parvo: Miniature Books
- Coda. Miniatures after the Victorian Age
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.