Victorian writing about risk : imagining a safe England in a dangerous world /

Victorian writing about risk : imagining a safe England in a dangerous world / Elaine Freedgood.

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"In Victorian Writing about Risk, Elaine Freedgood explores the geography of risk produced by a wide spectrum of once-popular literature, including works on politic economy, sanitary reform, balloon flight, Alpine mountaineering and African exploration. The consolations offered by this geograph...

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Main Author: Freedgood, Elaine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Series:Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 28.
Subjects:
Travelers' writings, English > History and criticism.
English prose literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Risk perception > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
British > Foreign countries > History > 19th century.
Travel writing > History > 19th century.
Travel in literature.
Risk in literature.
Autobiography.
British > Foreign countries.
Diplomatic relations.
English prose literature.
Risk perception.
Travel writing.
Travelers' writings, English.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1837-1901.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

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