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Download or read book Functions of Victorian Culture at the Present Time written by Christine L. Krueger and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation The echoes of Victorian literature and culture impact contemporary practices and values, according to Krueger (English, Marquette U.). She presents 11 essays that address such issues as the problematics of temporality in the historiography of Victorian times, the reproduction of Victorian material culture for contemporary consumers, the use of Victorian cultural identities in fashioning today's identities, and the persistence of Victorian methods of legal and social discipline. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).