Sacramental Shopping : Louisa May Alcott, Edith Wharton, and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism.
Title:
Sacramental Shopping : Louisa May Alcott, Edith Wharton, and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism.
Author:
Sherman, Sarah Way.
ISBN:
9781611684124
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (258 pages)
Series:
Becoming Modern: New Nineteenth-Century Studies
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Raising Virtuous Shoppers -- Chapter 2: Lily Bart and the Pursuit of Happiness -- Chapter 3: Lily at the Crossroads -- Chapter 4: Smart Jews and Failed Protestants -- Chapter 5: Lily in the Valley of the Shadow -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract:
Illuminates modern consumer culture and its challenges to American identity and values in two classic novels.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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