{"product_id":"gypsies-and-the-british-imagination-18071930-9780231137041","title":"Gypsies and the British Imagination 18071930","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores the British obsession with Gypsies throughout the nineteenth century and into the twentieth. This book traces various representations of Gypsies in the works of various British authors. It explores the histories of nomadic writer George Borrow, the Gypsy Lore Society, Dora Yates, and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA sophisticated, subtle, and highly erudite analysis. -- Panikos Panayi Victorian Studies Extensive descriptive passages... Nuanced and perceptive glimpses into the texts and into the lives, character, nature, and motives of the writers themselves. Journal of British Studies A welcome addition to Romani and literary studies. -- Marianne Zwicker H-Ideas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Children of Hagar 1. \"A Mingled Race\": Walter Scott's Gypsies 2. Vagrant and Poet: The Gypsy and the \"Strange Disease of Modern Life\" 3. In the Beginning Was the Word: George Borrow's Romany Picaresque 4. \"Marks of Race\": The Impossible Gypsy in George Eliot 5. \"The Last Romance\": Scholarship and Nostalgia in the Gypsy Lore Society 6. The Phantom Gypsy: Invisibility, Writing, and History Notes Bibliography Index","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400223465815,"sku":"9780231137041","price":79.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231137041.jpg?v=1730470109","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gypsies-and-the-british-imagination-18071930-9780231137041","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}