Love Among the Archives: Writing the Lives of George Scharf, Victorian Bachelor
ISBN-13:
9781474406642
ISBN-10:
1474406645
Edition:
1
Author:
Helena Michie, Robyn Warhol
Publication date:
2015
Publisher:
Edinburgh University Press
Format:
Paperback
256 pages
FREE US shipping
Book details
ISBN-13:
9781474406642
ISBN-10:
1474406645
Edition:
1
Author:
Helena Michie, Robyn Warhol
Publication date:
2015
Publisher:
Edinburgh University Press
Format:
Paperback
256 pages
Summary
Love Among the Archives: Writing the Lives of George Scharf, Victorian Bachelor (ISBN-13: 9781474406642 and ISBN-10: 1474406645), written by authors
Helena Michie, Robyn Warhol, was published by Edinburgh University Press in 2015.
With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other
books. You can easily purchase or rent Love Among the Archives: Writing the Lives of George Scharf, Victorian Bachelor (Paperback) from BooksRun,
along with many other new and used
books
and textbooks.
And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.
Description
WINNER of the 2016 NAVSA Book of the Year!Part biography, part detective novel, part love story, and part meditation on archival research, Love Among the Archives is an experiment in writing a life. This is the story of two literary critics' attempts to track down Sir George Scharf, the founding director of the National Portrait Gallery in London, famous in his day and strangely obscure in our own. After discovering Scharf's scrapbook of menus and invitations from England's most stately homes, the authors began their adventures in the archives of London, searching Scharf's diaries, sketchbooks, and letters for traces of the man who so loved dining out. Addicted to Victorian novels, the authors looked for a marriage plot, but found Scharf's passionate attachment to a younger man who had hidden from him a secret engagement; they looked for a Bildungsroman, but found that Scharf never left his beloved mother. Always short of money, self-educated, talented, irascible, gregarious, prolific, and snobbish, this son of a poor immigrant artist was to become the right-hand man of an earl he called "my best friend." The written record of his nightmares, debts, gifts, and dinner parties comes together to produce a rich Victorian character whose personal and professional lives challenge what we think we know about sex, class, and profession in his time.
We would LOVE it if you could help us and other readers by reviewing the book
Book review
Congratulations! We have received your book review.
{user}
{createdAt}
by {truncated_author}