I Hope I Don't Intrude: Privacy and Dilemmas in Nineteenth Century Britain by David Vincent / Oxford University Press ( 19th )
by Vincent, David / Oxford University Press
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- Hardcover
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- Near Fine (see description)/Near Fine (see description)
- ISBN 10
- 0198725035
- ISBN 13
- 9780198725039
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Oxford, England: Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press ( OUP ), 2015, 1st Edition, First Printing , 2015. ------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) hardcover, a Near Fine example in a Near Fine dustjacket, 354 pages, b&w illustrations, ---"I Hope I Don't Intrude takes its title from the catch-phrase of the eponymous hero of the 1825 play Paul Pry, which was an immense success on the London stage and then rapidly in New York and around the English-speaking world. It tackles the complex, multi-faceted subject of privacy in nineteenth-century Britain by examining the way in which the tropes, language, and imagery of the play entered public discourse about privacy in the rest of the century. The volume is not just an account of a play, or of late Georgian and Victorian theatre. Rather it is a history of privacy, showing how the play resonated through Victorian society and revealed its concerns over personal and state secrecy, celebrity, gossip and scandal, postal espionage, virtual privacy, the idea of intimacy, and the evolution of public and private spheres. After 1825 the overly inquisitive figure of Paul Pry appeared everywhere - in songs, stories, and newspapers, and on everything from buttons and Staffordshire pottery to pubs, ships, and stagecoaches - and "Paul-Prying" rapidly entered the language. I Hope I Don't Intrude is an innovative kind of social history, using rich archival research to trace this cultural artefact through every aspect of its consumer context, and using its meanings to interrogate the largely hidden history of privacy in a period of major transformations in the role of the home, mass communication (particularly the new letter post, which delivered private messages through a public service), and the state. In vivid and entertaining detail, including many illustrations, David Vincent presents the most thorough account yet attempted of a recreational event in an era which saw a decisive shift in consumer markets. His study casts fresh light on the perennial tensions between curiosity and intrusion that were captured in Paul Pry and his catchphrase. Giving a new account of the communications revolution of the period, it re-evaluates the role of the state and the market in creating a new regime of privacy. And its critique of the concept and practice of surveillance looks forward to twenty-first-century concerns about the invasion of privacy through new technologies. "---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo.. ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see description)/Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. 6.25w x 9.5h Inches. Flap Not Clipped.
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- Leonard Shoup (CA)
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- Title
- I Hope I Don't Intrude: Privacy and Dilemmas in Nineteenth Century Britain by David Vincent / Oxford University Press ( 19th )
- Author
- Vincent, David / Oxford University Press
- Illustrator
- Uncredited Cover Art
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine (see description)
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine (see description)
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0198725035
- ISBN 13
- 9780198725039
- Publisher
- Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press ( OUP ), 2015, 1st Edition, First Printing
- Place of Publication
- Oxford, England
- Date Published
- 2015
- Size
- 6.25w x 9.5h Inches
- Keywords
- Vincent, David / Oxford University Press
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