Juvenile Literature and British Society, 1850-1950 (Children's Literature and Culture)

In this study, Charles Ferrall and Anna Jackson argue that the Victorians created a concept of adolescence that lasted into the twentieth century and yet is strikingly at odds with post-Second World War notions of adolescence as a period of "storm and stress." In the enormously popular "juvenile" literature of the period, primarily boys’ and girls’ own adventure and school stories, adolescence is acknowledged as a time of sexual awareness and yet also of a romantic idealism that is lost with marriage, a time when boys and girls acquire adult duties and responsibilities and yet have not had to assume the roles of breadwinner or household manager. The book reveals a concept of adolescence as significant as the Romantic cult of childhood that preceded it, which will be of interest to scholars of both children’s literature and Victorian culture.

Juvenile Literature and British Society, 1850-1950: The Age of Adolescence (Children's Literature and Culture)

Jackson, Anna

Ferrall, Charles

Teen & Young Adult

Routledge

Diary Poetics: Form and Style in Writers Diaries, 1915-1962 (Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature)

The diary is a genre that is often thought of as virtually formless, a "capacious hold-all" for the writer’s thoughts, and as offering unmediated access to the diarist’s true self. Focusing on the diaries of Katherine Mansfield, Virginia Woolf, Antonia White, Joe Orton, John Cheever, and Sylvia Plath, this book looks at how six very different professional writers have approached the diary form with its particular demands and literary potential. As a sequence of separate entries the diary is made up of both gaps and continuities, and the different ways diarists negotiate these aspects of the diary form has radical effects on how their diaries represent both the world and the biographical self. The different published editions of the diaries by Katherine Mansfield, Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath show how editorial decisions can construct sometimes startlingly different biographical portraits. Yet all diaries are constructed, and all diary constructions depend on how the writer works with the diary form.

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

“A visual feast [and] wide-ranging and valuable survey of kimono as a reflection of Japanese history and culture.” ―Library Journal
The Khalili Collection of kimono, which was carefully photographed for this book, comprises more than two hundred garments and spans almost three hundred years of Japanese textile artistry; it brilliantly exhibits the remarkable creativity of designers who used the surface of garments to produce a wearable work of art. Kimono display an enormous range of patterns and motifs, often executed in a complex combination of weaving, dyeing, and embroidery techniques, with some garments requiring the expert skills of a number of different artisans.
The Khalili Collection includes formal, semiformal, and informal kimono and undergarments and jackets worn by women, men, and children. Represented are the sophisticated garments of the imperial court, samurai aristocracy, and affluent merchant classes of the Edo period (1603–1868); the shifting styles and new color palette of Meiji period dress (1868–1912); and the bold and dazzling kimono of the Taisho (1912–1926) and early Showa (1926–1989) periods, which utilized innovative techniques and drew fresh inspiration from both past traditions and the modern world. 400 color illustrations

Kimono: The Art and Evolution of Japanese Fashion

Arts & Photography

Graphic Design

Thames&Hudson

Jake's Fortune: A Novel by Ray Comfort

Comfort, Ray

Genre Fiction

Bridge-Logos, Inc.

Jake's Fortune (Large Print Edition): A Novel by Ray Comfort

Indispensable for collectors, decorators, dealers, and anyone interested in antiques or architecture, this concise, beautifully illustrated, and fact-filled book identifies and explains 23 major stylistic movements in British decorative arts from 1500 to 1900. Clearly organized, the book presents characteristic examples from each period to help readers distinguish Baroque from Rococo, Renaissance from Medieval Revival, Aestheticism from Arts and Crafts, and much more. Some 300 full-color reproductions of superb objects from the Victoria and Albert Museum include many close-up details to spotlight each style's signature elements. 
Straightforward descriptive texts, as well as brief biographies of principal designers, architects, and patrons, supplement the visuals.

The V&A Guide to Period Styles: 400 Years of British Art and Design

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Victoria & Albert Museum

This is a study of Japanese country textiles, covering design, techniques and the social context, taking examples from the V&amp;A Museum's varied collection. The book examines the way in which country textiles have been categorized in the 20th century. Woven from cotton- and linen-like fabrics and patterned by resist-dyeing techniques, these textiles range from indigo-blue futon covers to the coloured robes of Okinawa. The book examines their complex and time-consuming manufacture and the varied repertoire of effects employed by the weavers and dyers of 18th- and 19th-century Japan. It places the textiles within their historical context in order to gain a greater understanding of the social, religious, political and economic significance, and concludes with a brief exploration of the survival of traditional textiles within the highly mechanized and urbanized society of modern Japan.

Japanese Country Textiles (Victoria and Albert Museum - Far Eastern Series)

Weatherhill

David Stirton: A Self-Made Man of Many Talents

Puslinch Historical Society

After witnessing the cold-blooded murder of his father, Jake's life would never be the same. Step back to the nineteenth century Wild West as he wrestles through suspense and intrigue to unravel the mystery. Will the saloon girl with the golden eyes be the key? A compelling novel of mystery and romance that breathes with greed over gold, overwhelming bitterness, abiding faith, romantic love, abuse, blackmail, secrecy, and intense personal struggles. Will Jake find his fortune after all?

Jake's Fortune: Historical Fiction At It's Best

Bridge-Logos Publishers

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