George Gissing manuscripts [electronic resource] : the Pforzheimer scrapbook, ca. 1877-1903
- Author:
- Gissing, George, 1857-1903
- Additional Titles:
- Pforzheimer scrapbook
- Published:
- Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, [2011]
[Chicago, Ill.] : Adam Matthew Education [North American distributor] - Copyright Date:
- ©2011
- Physical Description:
- 1 ms. (approximately 230 leaves) : illustrations, portraits
- Additional Creators:
- Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington). Pforzheimer Collection
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) - Access Online:
- ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Series:
- London low life : street culture, social reform and the Victorian underworld
- Summary:
- Electronic reproduction of the celebrated George Gissing 'Scrapbook' from the Pforzheimer Collection. The Scrapbook is described by Dr. David Grylls as "an evidential goldmine ..., the single most important manuscript source that might be made available to Gissing scholars." It contains clippings, ephemera and notes for works from the author of London novels New Grub Street and The Nether World, which are divided thematically into headings such as 'low characters', 'gambling', 'London vulgarisms and superstitions' and 'private life of working classes'.
- Subject(s):
- Gissing, George, 1857-1903—Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc—Facsimiles
- Gissing, George, 1857-1903—Settings
- Gissing, George, 1857-1903—Themes, motives
- Scrapbooks—Indiana—Bloomington
- Street life—England—London
- Working class—England—London
- Naturalism in literature
- London (England)—Social life and customs—19th century
- Note:
- Title from Documents menu (viewed on 25 Apr. 2010)
- Location of Originals:
- Pforzheimer Collection, Lilly Library, Indiana University
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