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Novels behind Glass: Commodity Culture and Victorian Narrative (Literature, Culture, Theory)

By Andrew H. Miller

Book information

Year
1995
ISBN
0521471338, 9780521471336, 0521068347, 9780521068345, 9780511518669
LCC
PR878.E37 M55 1995
Open Library ID
OL1118191M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7688383 bytes)
Pages
256\255
Topic
Literature Literary
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Drawing on recent work in critical theory, feminism, and social history, this book explains the relationship between the novel and the emergent commodity culture of Victorian England, using the image of the "display window". Novels Behind Glass analyzes the work of Thackeray, Eliot, Dickens, Trollope, and Gaskell, to demonstrate that the Victorian novel provides us with graphic and enduring images of the power of commodities to affect our beliefs about gender, community, and individual identity. It will be of interest to students of Victorian literature and history as well as social and cultural theory.

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