Royal Representations: Queen Victoria and British Culture, 1837-1876

by Margaret Homans

Book Overview

Queen Victoria was one of the most complex cultural productions of her age. In Royal Representations, Margaret Homans investigates the meanings Victoria held for her times, Victoria's own contributions to Victorian writing and art, and the cultural mechanisms through which her influence was felt.

Arguing that being, seeming, and appearing were crucial to Victoria's "rule," Homans explores the variability of Victoria's agency and of its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226351149
• ISBN13: 9780226351148
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"