Description: Victorian Jewelry, Identity, and the Novel by Jean Arnold Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description A study of Victorian jewels and their representation that explores the role material objects play in the cultural cohesion of the West. It argues that diamonds and other gems, symbolized the most closely held beliefs of the Victorians and thus can be considered prisms of culture. Publisher Description In this study of Victorian jewels and their representation, Jean Arnold explores the role material objects play in the cultural cohesion of the West. Diamonds and other gems, Arnold argues, symbolized the most closely held beliefs of the Victorians and thus can be considered "prisms of culture." Mined in the far reaches of the empire, they traversed geographical space and cultural boundaries, representing monetary value and evoking empire, class lineage, class membership, gender relations, and aesthetics. Arnold analyzes the many roles material objects fill in Western culture and surveys the cross-cultural history of the Victorian diamond, uncovering how this object became both preeminent and representative of Victorian values. Her close readings of Wilkie Collinss The Moonstone, George Eliots Middlemarch, William Makepeace Thackerays The Great Hoggarty Diamond, and Anthony Trollopes The Eustace Diamonds show gendered, aesthetic, economic, fetishistic, colonial, legal, and culturally symbolic interpretations of jewelry as they are enacted through narrative. Taken together, these divergent interpretations offer a holistic view of a material cultures affective attachment to objects. As the assigned meanings of jewels turn them into symbols of power, personal relationships, and valued ideas, human interactions with gems elicit emotional responses that bind the materialist culture together. Author Biography Jean Arnold is a Lecturer in the Department of English at California State University, San Bernardino, California, USA. Details ISBN 1409421279 ISBN-13 9781409421276 Title Victorian Jewelry, Identity, and the Novel Author Jean Arnold Format Hardcover Year 2011 Pages 184 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd GE_Item_ID:131763991; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9781409421276
Book Title: Victorian Jewelry, Identity, and the Novel
Number of Pages: 184 Pages
Publication Name: Victorian Jewelry, Identity, and the Novel : Prisms of Culture
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social History, Jewelry, Customs & Traditions, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year: 2016
Item Height: 0.7 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.4 Oz
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Jean Arnold
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Design, Philosophy, Social Science, History
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
