| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 284 pages) : illustrations |
| 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 |
| Summary |
"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 wonders, these two-inch volumes were part of a wide array of miniature marvels that filled the drawers and pockets of middle- and upper-class Victorians. Victorian miniatures pushed the boundaries of scientific knowledge, mechanical production, and human perception. To touch a miniature was to imagine what lay beyond these boundaries. In 'Worlds Beyond', Laura Forsberg reads major works of fiction by George Eliot, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and Lewis Carroll alongside minor genres like the doll narrative, fairy science tract, and thumb Bible. Forsberg guides readers through microscopic science, art history, children's culture, and book production to show how Victorian miniatures offered scripts for expansive fantasies of worlds beyond perception."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Miniature books -- Great Britain
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, English.
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English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English literature
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, English
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Miniature books
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020944887 |
| ISBN |
9780300258417 |
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0300258410 |
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