{"product_id":"bazaar-literature-charity-advocacy-and-parody-in-victorian-social-reform-fiction-hardcover","title":"Bazaar Literature: Charity, Advocacy, and Parody in Victorian Social Reform Fiction - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeslee Thorne-Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBazaar Literature\u003c\/em\u003e reorients our understanding of Victorian social reform fiction by reading it in light of the copious amount of literature generated for charity bazaars. Bazaars were ubiquitous during the nineteenth century, part of the vibrant and massive private sector response to a rapidly industrializing society. Typically organized and run by women, charity bazaars were often called \"fancy fairs\" since they specialized in ladies' hand-crafted \"fancy\" work. Indeed, they were a key method women used to intervene in political, social, and cultural affairs. Yet their conventional purpose--to raise money for charity--has led to their being widely overlooked and misunderstood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eBazaar Literature\u003c\/em\u003e remedies these misconceptions by demonstrating how the literature written in conjunction with bazaars shaped the social, political, and literary movements of its time. This study draws upon a wide variety of texts printed to be sold at bazaars, including literature by Robert Louis Stevenson, Harriet Martineau, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, alongside fictional depictions of fancy fairs by Charlotte Yonge, George Eliot, Frances Trollope, and Anthony Trollope. The book revises our understanding of the larger literary market in social reform fiction, revealing a parodic, self-critical strain that is paradoxically braided with strident political activism and its realist sensibilities.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeslee Thorne-Murphy, \u003cem\u003eAssociate Professor, Department of English, Brigham Young University\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeslee Thorne-Murphy is Associate Professor of English at Brigham Young University, where she teaches British literature. In addition, she currently serves as Associate Dean of the College of Humanities. She co-edited \u003cem\u003eThe Discourse of Philanthropy in the Anglo-American Tradition, 1850-1920\u003c\/em\u003e with Frank Christianson, and she co-edits \u003cem\u003eThe Victorian Short Fiction Project\u003c\/em\u003e https: \/\/vsfp.byu.edu\/ with her students.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.1 x 6.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52630903587123,"sku":"9780192866882","price":178.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/WM5Up-9TU99780192866882.webp?v=1762167345","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/bazaar-literature-charity-advocacy-and-parody-in-victorian-social-reform-fiction-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}