The 1890s, the Naughty Nineties, was an exciting and flamboyant time in British life and literature. First published in 1993, this title traces the genesis of t

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Explores the ways in which new forms of visual culture, such as such as the illustrated newspaper, the cheap caricature cartoon, the affordable illustrated book

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