Royal representations : Queen Victoria and British culture, 1837-1876 /

Homans, Margaret, 1952-

Royal representations : Queen Victoria and British culture, 1837-1876 / Margaret Homans. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press (Bibliovault), (c)1999. - 1 online resource. - Women in culture and society .

Includes bibliographies and index.

"The queen has no equal": the problem of a female monarchy -- Privacy on display: the queen as wife and mother -- The queenly courtship of Elizabeth Barrett -- Photographic realism's abject queens -- The invisible queen -- Domestic queens: Miss Marjoribanks -- Making queens: "Of queens' gardens" and the Alice books -- Bagehot's The English constitution -- The queen's books: the early years of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort -- The queen's books: Leaves from the journal of our life in the highlands -- The Reform bill and the queen's footnotes -- Albert memorials -- Tennyson's Idylls of the king as an Albert memorial -- Cameron's photographic Idylls: allegorical realism and memorial art.



9780226351155


Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.


Monarchy--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Queens--Great Britain--Biography.
Queens in literature.
Queens in art.


Electronic Books.

DA550 / .R693 1999