Dress in the Age of Jane Austen: Regency Fashion
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AlbakiReads Editorial Regency dress through Austen’s social world
Regency dress through Austen’s social world
Hilary Davidson examines Regency clothing from 1795 to 1825 through Jane Austen’s novels and letters, using them as a point of entry into the period’s textiles, sewing, and changing ideas of dress. The book moves from personal attire into the settings that shaped it—domestic spaces, villages, the countryside, cities, and wider national and global contexts—showing how clothing helped people inhabit different social environments. Paintings, drawings, surviving garments, and fashion plates, including previously unpublished images, accompany the discussion of both men’s and women’s dress. It also connects the material culture of fashion to the historical transformations taking place in Britain during the Regency.
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- Jane Austen readers interested in the historical details behind her novels
- Fashion-history readers focused on Regency Britain
- Design and textile enthusiasts seeking illustrated historical material
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Regency fashionJane Austen and material cultureTextiles and sewingDress and social contextBritish history, 1795–1825
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Book Overview A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated examination of dress, clothing, fashion, and sewing in the Regency seen through the lens of J...
A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated examination of dress, clothing, fashion, and sewing in the Regency seen through the lens of Jane Austen's life and writings
This lively book reveals the clothing and fashion of the world depicted in Jane Austen's beloved books, focusing on the long Regency between the years 1795 and 1825. During this period, accelerated change saw Britain's turbulent entry into the modern age, and clothing reflected these transformations. Starting with the intimate perspective of clothing the self, Dress in the Age of Jane Austen moves outward through the social and cultural spheres of home, village, countryside, and cities, and into the wider national and global realms, exploring the varied ways people dressed to inhabit these environments. Jane Austen's famously observant fictional writings, as well as her letters, provide the entry point for examining the Regency age's rich complexity of fashion, dress, and textiles for men and women in their contemporary contexts.
Lavishly illustrated with paintings, drawings, historic garments, and fashion plates--including many previously unpublished images--this authoritative yet accessible book will help readers visualize the external selves of Austen's immortal characters as clearly as she wrote of their internal ones. The result is an enhanced understanding of Austen's work and time, and also of the history of one of Britain's most distinctive fashion eras.
This lively book reveals the clothing and fashion of the world depicted in Jane Austen's beloved books, focusing on the long Regency between the years 1795 and 1825. During this period, accelerated change saw Britain's turbulent entry into the modern age, and clothing reflected these transformations. Starting with the intimate perspective of clothing the self, Dress in the Age of Jane Austen moves outward through the social and cultural spheres of home, village, countryside, and cities, and into the wider national and global realms, exploring the varied ways people dressed to inhabit these environments. Jane Austen's famously observant fictional writings, as well as her letters, provide the entry point for examining the Regency age's rich complexity of fashion, dress, and textiles for men and women in their contemporary contexts.
Lavishly illustrated with paintings, drawings, historic garments, and fashion plates--including many previously unpublished images--this authoritative yet accessible book will help readers visualize the external selves of Austen's immortal characters as clearly as she wrote of their internal ones. The result is an enhanced understanding of Austen's work and time, and also of the history of one of Britain's most distinctive fashion eras.
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 336 | Language: English | Publisher: YALE UNIV PR | ISBN: 0300218729
FormatHardcover
Pages336
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0300218729
EAN9780300218725
PublisherYALE UNIV PR
Publication Date2019-11-12
EditionIllustrated
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight2.6 Pounds
Length10.4 Inches
Width7.8 Inches
Height1.1 Inches
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