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- catalog abstract ""London in 1820 was a city of extraordinary creative dynamism and big money. Rupert Christiansen has marshaled the experiences of a set of remarkable foreign visitors to England, chronicling their impact on British culture and its impact upon them. These stories reveal the great French painter Gericault, who had come to London to show his Raft of the "Medusa," recording the climax of a public execution and the finish of the Derby; Richard Wagner guffawing at anti-Semitic jokes in the restaurant of the Victoria & Albert Museum; Ralph Waldo Emerson driving Thomas Carlyle to distraction with his 'moonshine' philosophy. Also included are the stories of the inexplicable powers of the American medium Daniel Home and his disastrous involvement with an elderly Cockney widow; the demon Australian bowler Frederick Spofforth who changed the course of English cricket; and the pirouetting Italian ballerinas who captivated the young Bernard Shaw and roused music-hall audiences to a collective erotic frenzy. In vividly readable and often hilarious detail, The Victorian Visitors tells of the remarkable foreigners who traveled to Britain in the nineteenth century and left influential marks on all aspects of its culture."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Visitors".
- catalog contributor b12149715.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Social life and customs 19th century.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""London in 1820 was a city of extraordinary creative dynamism and big money. Rupert Christiansen has marshaled the experiences of a set of remarkable foreign visitors to England, chronicling their impact on British culture and its impact upon them. These stories reveal the great French painter Gericault, who had come to London to show his Raft of the "Medusa," recording the climax of a public execution and the finish of the Derby; Richard Wagner guffawing at anti-Semitic jokes in the restaurant of the Victoria & Albert Museum; Ralph Waldo Emerson driving Thomas Carlyle to distraction with his 'moonshine' philosophy. Also included are the stories of the inexplicable powers of the American medium Daniel Home and his disastrous involvement with an elderly Cockney widow; the demon Australian bowler Frederick Spofforth who changed the course of English cricket; and the pirouetting Italian ballerinas who captivated the young Bernard Shaw and roused music-hall audiences to a collective erotic frenzy. In vividly readable and often hilarious detail, The Victorian Visitors tells of the remarkable foreigners who traveled to Britain in the nineteenth century and left influential marks on all aspects of its culture."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-254) and index.".
- catalog description "Théodore Géricault, painter -- Richard Wagner, composer -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, philosopher -- The psychic cloud : Yankee spirit-rappers -- Sporting chances : Australian cricketers -- The teetotum spin : exotic dancers.".
- catalog extent "271 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0871137909".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Atlantic Monthly Press,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Social life and customs 19th century.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "941.081 21".
- catalog subject "Culture shock Great Britain History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "DA533 .C57 2001".
- catalog subject "Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 Travel Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "Géricault, Théodore, 1791-1824 Travel Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "Visitors, Foreign Great Britain History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 Travel Great Britain.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Théodore Géricault, painter -- Richard Wagner, composer -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, philosopher -- The psychic cloud : Yankee spirit-rappers -- Sporting chances : Australian cricketers -- The teetotum spin : exotic dancers.".
- catalog title "The Victorian visitors : culture shock in nineteenth-century Britain / Rupert Christiansen.".
- catalog title "Visitors".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".