Pleasure Wars The Bourgeois Experience: Victoria to Freud |
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| Author:
| Gay, Peter |
| Series title: | Bourgeois Experience |
| ISBN: | 978-0-393-04570-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1998 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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The Victorians in this richly peopled narrative maneuvered through decades marked by frequent shifts in taste, some seeking safety in traditional styles, others drawn to the avant-garde of artists, composers, and writers. Peter Gay's panoramic survey offers a fresh view of the ideas and sensibilities that dominated Victorian culture.
The Victorians in this richly peopled narrative maneuvered through decades marked by frequent shifts in taste, some seeking safety in traditional styles, others drawn to the avant-garde of artists, composers, and writers. Peter Gay's panoramic survey offers a fresh view of the ideas and sensibilities that dominated Victorian culture.