Frank E. Huggett
Victorian England as Seen by Punch
London 1978
Stron 192, format: 17x25 cm
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Victorian England as seen by Punch
Frank E. Huggett
Punch was bom on 17 July 1841, only four years after Queen Victoria came to the throne. In its infancy, the magazine presented itself as a defender of the poor and the oppressed, a radical scourge of all authority, a 'guffawgraph' and a 'refuge of destitute wit'. But its blend of cartoons, jokes, satire and mockery was to prove an immediate success with the wealthy, self-confident middle classes. It was their attitudes that Punch grew to reflect and to express, and the transition from enfant terrible to national institution was well under way. Detractors and imitators came and went, but Punch survived and became as essential a part of the Victorian age as carriages and coaches, white-aproned servants, and the Albert Memorial.
In his lively and perceptive text, Frank Huggett shows how Punch is one of the most important and entertaining mirrors of the Queen's long and turbulent reign. He has used many extracts from the magazine, together with more than a hundred cartoons to show, whatever great events may come and go, the really vital problems of life - incompetent civil servants, pompous lawyers, ill-mannered shop assistants, striking workers, rich foreigners, rising prices, and British railways - are always with us!
CONTENTS
1 Radical Overtures (1841-46) 7
2 The Rising Generation (1847-51) 37
3 Peace and War (1852-56) 6i
4 Alice in Crinolineland (1857-67) 83
5 Retrenchment and Reform (1868-74)
6 Dizzy Glitter (1874-80) 133
7 Jubilee Years (1881-87) 147
8 Expanding Horizons (1888-96) 163
9 Sixty Glorious Years (1[zasłonięte]897-19) 179 10 Epilogue 187
Acknowledgements 189 Index 190
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