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This book examines the life of Lady Charlotte Guest Schreiber, who provided the first complete translation of the Mabinogion and ran her late husband’s ironmongery. This book examines how collecting porcelain, playing cards, and fans allowed her to create a series of private signifying systems that countered the prevailing Victorian discourse assigned to women.

The Wunderkammer of Lady Charlotte Guest

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This book examines the life of Lady Charlotte Guest Schreiber, who provided the first complete translation of the Mabinogion and... Read more

    Publisher: Lehigh University Press
    Publication Date: 01/12/2006
    ISBN13: 9781611460414, 978-1611460414
    ISBN10: 1611460417

    Number of Pages: 226

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

    Description

    This book examines the life of Lady Charlotte Guest Schreiber, who provided the first complete translation of the Mabinogion and ran her late husband’s ironmongery. This book examines how collecting porcelain, playing cards, and fans allowed her to create a series of private signifying systems that countered the prevailing Victorian discourse assigned to women.

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