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Material Ambitions : Self-Help and Victorian Literature / Rebecca Richardson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richardson, Rebecca, 1983- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ambition in literature.
- Conduct of life in literature.
- English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in literature.
- Genre:
- Literary criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 255 pages ) : illustrations (black and white) ;
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "The book traces the early history of the self-help genre and the literary depiction of ambition in Victorian British fiction. Stories of hardworking characters who bring themselves out of rags to riches abound in the Victorian era. In chapters featuring the works of novelists, the author demonstrates that Victorian fiction dramatized ambition and problematized it as well"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-4197-7
- 9781421441986
- OCLC:
- 1288056528
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