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Postal pleasures : sex, scandal, and Victorian letters / Kate Thomas.

Author/creator Thomas, Katie-Louise
Other author/creatorOxford University Press.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxii, 251 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Literature
Subject(s)
Letter writing--Great Britain --History --19th century.
Literature and society--Great Britain --History --19th century.
Postal service--Great Britain --History --19th century.
Scandals--Great Britain --History --19th century.
Letter writing recreations.
Homosexuality--Great Britain --History --19th century.
Contents Victorians go postal -- Postal digressions : mail and sexual scandal -- "This little queen's head can't be untrue" : Trollope's postal infidelities -- A queer job for a girl : the communicative touch in Trollope, Hardy, and Lynn Linton -- All red routes : blood brotherhood and the post in Doyle, Kipling, and Stoker -- Henry James's public servant.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011011838
ISBN9780199730919 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN0199730911 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780199731169 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN0199731160 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

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