Simon J. James examines how Gissing’s work reveals an unhappy accommodation with money’s underwriting of human existence and culture, and how daily life in all its forms – moral, intellectual, familial and erotic – is transcended or made irrelevant by its commodification.
Innehållsförteckning
Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Telling Money; 2. Dickens in Memory: Gissing’s Critical Writing; 3. Poverty and Imagination: The Early Novels; 4. The Price of Culture: Gissing’s Major Phase; 5. Gissing’s City of Women: The Later Novels; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Om författaren
Simon J. James is Lecturer in Victorian Literature in the Department of English Studies at the University of Durham. His research interests include Victorian fiction, masculinity in literature and contemporary writing.
Språk Engelska ● Formatera PDF ● Sidor 200 ● ISBN 9780857287519 ● Filstorlek 24.9 MB ● Utgivare NBN International – Anthem Press ● Land GB ● Publicerad 2003 ● Utgåva 1 ● Nedladdningsbara 24 månader ● Valuta EUR ● ID 5211290 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM
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