{"product_id":"9780008365103","title":"Catland : Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Hughes, Kathryn \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ec 1800 to c 1900\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 25 April 2024 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 416 pages\u003cbr\u003e163 x 242 x 39 | 676g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Remarkable' Literary Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Startlingly original' Amanda Foreman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Some called it a craze. To others it was a cult. Join prize-winning historian Kathryn Hughes to discover how Britain fell in love with cats and ushered in a new era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘He invented a whole cat world’ declared H. G. Wells of Louis Wain, the Edwardian artist whose anthropomorphic kittens made him a household name. His drawings were irresistible but Catland was more than the creation of one eccentric imagination. It was an attitude – a way of being in society while discreetly refusing to follow its rules.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As cat capitalism boomed in the spectacular Edwardian age, prized animals changed hands for hundreds of pounds and a new industry sprung up to cater for their every need. Cats were no longer basement-dwelling pest-controllers, but stylish cultural subversives, more likely to flaunt a magnificent ruff and a pedigree from Persia. Wherever you found old conventions breaking down, there was a cat at the centre of the storm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Whether they were flying aeroplanes, sipping champagne or arguing about politics, Wain’s feline cast offered a sly take on the restless and risky culture of the post-Victorian world. No-one experienced these uncertainties more acutely than Wain himself, confined to a mental asylum while creating his most iconic work. Catland is a fascinating and fabulous unravelling of our obsession with cats, and the man dedicated to chronicling them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Brilliantly researched and unforgettable' Miranda Seymour\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A perfect gift for cat lovers, art lovers, and readers of all persuasions’ Elaine Showalter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Consistently fascinating … A tremendous literary feat in which we learn about Victorian sociology through the work of a remarkably unique artist' Kirkus, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45906588041456,"sku":"9780008365103","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9780008365103.jpg?v=1714845281","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/9780008365103","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}