Victorian Comics

The Victorians are usually painted as prim, proper and repressed. Yet it was in Victoriäs Britain that the comic paper was born. Originally published in 1976, this first ever compilation of Victorian comics is culled from England¿s largest collection by its curator Denis Gifford.

List of contents

The Comic Paper. The Comic Hero. The Comic Kid. The Comic Animal. The Comic Age. The Comic World. The Comic War. The Comic Artist. Index.

About the author

Denis Gifford

Summary

The Victorians are usually painted as prim, proper and repressed. Yet it was in Victoria’s Britain that the comic paper was born. Originally published in 1976, this first ever compilation of Victorian comics is culled from England’s largest collection by its curator Denis Gifford.

Product details

• Authors: Denis Gifford, Gifford Denis
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781032312767
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3231276-7
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; The arts: general issues, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, The arts: general topics