The Routledge Handbook of Victorian Scandals in Literature and Culture

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<P><I>The Routledge Handbook of Victorian Scandals in Literature and Culture</I> exposes, explores, and examines what Victorians once considered flagrant breaches of decorum. Infringements that were fantasized through artforms or were actually committed exceeded entertaining parlor gossip; once in print they were condemned as socially contaminative but were also consumed as delightfully sensational. Written by scholars in diverse disciplines, this volume:</P><UL><LI>Demonstrates that spreading scandals seemed to have been one of the most entertaining sources of activities but were also normative efforts made by the Victorians to ensure conformity of decorum.</LI><LI>Provides a broad spectrum of infractions that were considered scandalous to the Victorians.</LI><LI>Identifies Victorian transgressions that made the news and that may still shock modern readers.</LI><LI>Covers a gamut of moral infractions and transgressions either practiced, rumored, or fantasized in art forms.</LI></UL><P