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1895

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Description for 1895 Paperback.
This book explores the lasting cultural and political impact of the events of this remarkable year. Oscar Wilde's disastrous libel suit against the Marquess of Queensberry dominated British newspapers during the spring of 1895. Now, Nicholas Freeman shows that the Wilde scandal was just one of many events to capture the public's imagination that year. Had Jack the Ripper returned? Did the Prime Minister have a dreadful secret? Were Aubrey Beardsley's drawings corrupting the nation? Were overpaid foreign players ruining English football? Could cricket save a nation from moral ruin? Freak weather, flu, a General Election, industrial unrest, New Women, fraud, accidents, anarchists, balloons and bicycles all stirred up interest and alarm. 1895 shows how this turbulent year is at the same time far removed from our own day and strangely familiar. It interweaves literature, politics and historical biography with topics such as crime, the weather, sport, visual art and journalism to give an overarching view of everyday life in 1895. It draws on strikingly diverse primary sources, from the Aberdeen Weekly Journal to the Women's Signal Budget, and from the Illustrated Police News to The Yellow Book. It is eclectically illustrated with stills from plays and reproductions of newspaper front pages to bring Victorian culture to life.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Condition
New
Series
Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748694662
SKU
9780748694662
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About Nicholas Freeman
Nicholas Freeman is Senior Lecturer in English at Loughborough University.

Reviews for 1895
"'Entertaining and instructive... stitches together a rich tapestry of the year's incidents, debates, scandals and diversions... It is a crowded canvas, and a thought-provoking one.' (Times Literary Supplement)"

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