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Could the self-interested pursuit of beauty actually help to establish the moral and political norms that enable democratic society to flourish? In this book, L
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Lauren Gillingham reveals how a modern notion of fashion helped to transform the novel in nineteenth-century Britain.
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This interdisciplinary study examines how holistic aftercare became a crucial supplement to scientific medicine in nineteenth-century Britain.
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Centring on Darwin and on literature throughout the nineteenth century, this book documents a general crisis in the species concept.
Democratising Beauty in Nineteenth-Century Britain
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This book examines nineteenth-century interests in beauty, and considers whether these aesthetic pursuits were necessary to British public life.