Sacramental shopping : Louisa May Alcott, Edith Wharton, and the spirit of modern consumerism /

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This book illuminates consumer culture and its challenges to American identity and values as described in two classic novels.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sherman, Sarah Way
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, New Hampshire : University of New Hampshire Press, [2013]
Series:Becoming modern.
Subjects:
Wharton, Edith, > 1862-1937. > House of mirth.
Alcott, Louisa May, > 1832-1888. > Little women.
Alcott, Louisa May > 1832-1888
Wharton, Edith > 1862-1937
House of mirth (Wharton, Edith)
Little women (Alcott, Louisa May)
1800-1899
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Civilization, Modern, in literature.
Consumption (Economics) in literature.
Roman américain > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction
American fiction > Women authors
Civilization, Modern, in literature
Consumption (Economics) in literature
Verbrauch
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Raising virtuous shoppers: Little Women and the marketplace of morality
  • Lily Bart and the pursuit of happiness
  • Lily at the crossroads: Vanity Fair versus The republic of the spirit
  • Smart Jews and failed Protestants
  • Lily in the valley of the shadow.

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