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Railways & the Victorian Imagination - Hardcover

Freeman, Michael

 
9780300079708: Railways & the Victorian Imagination

Synopsis

The cultural dimension of the railway age is often overshadowed by its mechanical and physical elements. Here its centrality in the literary, artistic and imaginative life of the nation is set side by side with its financial, speculative and economic aspects to provide an original insight into the realities of Victorian life.

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From the Publisher

A selection of reviews for this well received book:
'Michael Freeman's work, on the face of it, is an uncommonly elegant picture book...As logical as it is discursive, this survey is set fair to become a classic.' - Christopher Hawtree - The Independent

'Michael Freeman has produced a luscious, luxurious book...the pictures throughout the book are simply beautiful.' - Kathryn Hughes - The Tablet

'carefully footnoted and beautifully illustrated...It is best to consider Freeman's book not as an "imaginative history of the railway" but as an informative and stimulating examination of the "cultural relations" of the railway.' - Asa Briggs - Times Higher Education Supplement

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