Feeling public: Sensation theater, commodity culture, and the Victorian public sphere

Victorian Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 245-274

  Voskuil, Lynn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 0344822255     PISSN: 00425222     EISSN: 15272052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/VIC.2002.44.2.245     Document Type: Article

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