Pleasure Wars: The Bourgeois Experience Victoria to Freud

The Victorians in this richly peopled narrative maneuvered through decades marked by frequent shifts in taste, some seeking safety in traditional styles, others drawn to the avant-garde of artists, composers, and writers. Peter Gay's panoramic survey offers a fresh view of the ideas and sensibilities that dominated Victorian culture.

Author: Peter Gay
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 07/01/1993
Pages: 356
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.09w x 0.95d
ISBN: 9780393318272

About the Author
Gay, Peter: - Peter Gay (1923--2015) was the author of more than twenty-five books, including the National Book Award winner The Enlightenment, the best-selling Weimar Culture, and the widely translated Freud: A Life for Our Time.