Novels Behind Glass: Commodity Culture and Victorian Narrative
(Part of the Literature, Culture, Theory Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521068347
ISBN13:9780521068345
Release Date:July 2008
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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