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Fictions of commodity culture : from the Victorian to the postmodern / Christoph Lindner.
Van Pelt Library PR878.E37 L56 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lindner, Christoph, 1971-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Secret agent.
- Conrad, Joseph.
- DeLillo, Don. White noise.
- DeLillo, Don.
- English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Economics and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Economics and literature.
- Consumption (Economics) in literature.
- Commercial products in literature.
- Material culture in literature.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 190 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT. : Ashgate, [2003]
- Contents:
- 1 Can't Get No Satisfaction: The World of Commodities 1
- 2 Down and Out in Gaskell's Industrial Novels 17
- 3 Thackeray's Gourmand: Carnivals of Consumption in Vanity Fair 43
- 4 Trollope's Material Girl: Gender and Capitalism in The Eustace Diamonds 65
- 5 Damaged Goods: Decay in Conrad's The Secret Agent 93
- 6 Shop Till You Drop: Retail Therapy in DeLillo's White Noise 137.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-184) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0754634833
- OCLC:
- 50906519
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