1st Edition

Shopping as Comedy: A Victorian Scrapbook

Edited By Alexis Easley Copyright 2024
190 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

This volume is a critical edition of a Victorian scrapbook, composed of cuttings from advertising images from the 1880's. These images are arranged in hand-drawn domestic spaces and embellished with watercolour details. At the foot of each page is a handwritten running text, written by an unknown Victorian author, that provides a narrative to explain the accompanying images. The album also... Read more

Foreword by Jeremy Parrett, Manchester Metropolitan University

Introduction by Alexis Easley, University of St. Thomas

Bibliography

A Victorian Scrapbook

Appendix: Transcription of the Scrapbook Text

Biography

Alexis Easley is Professor of English at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.