Victorian Babylon

Victorian Babylon

Author: Lynda Nead

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9780300107708

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Lynda Nead charts the relationship between London's formation into a modern organised city in the 1860s and the emergence of new types of production and consumption of visual culture.


Penny Dreadfuls and Boys' Adventures

Penny Dreadfuls and Boys' Adventures

Author: Elizabeth James

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13:

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Penny dreadfuls - sensational stories published in weekly parts - were an important feature of Victorian popular literature. They were often anonymous, and inspired by the melodramas of the day. This is the catalogue of a comprehensive collection bequeathed by music-hall performer Barry Ono.