Sacramental Shopping: Louisa May Alcott, Edith Wharton, and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism - Couverture souple

Sherman, Sarah Way

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1611684374 ISBN 13 : 9781611684377

Editeur : University of New Hampshire Press, 2013

Synopsis

Book by Sherman Sarah Way

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Written a generation apart and rarely treated together by scholars, Little Women (1868) and The House of Mirth (1905) share a deep concern with materialism, moral development, and self-construction. The heroines in both grapple with conspicuous consumption, an aspect of modernity that challenges older beliefs about ethical behavior and core identity. Placing both novels at the historical intersection of modern consumer culture and older religious discourse on materialism and identity, Sarah Way Sherman analyzes how Alcott and Wharton rework traditional Protestant discourse to interpret their heroines' struggle with modern consumerism. Her conclusion reveals how Little Women's optimism, still buoyed by otherworldly justice, providential interventions, and the notion of essential identity, ultimately gives way to the much darker vision of modern materialistic culture in The House of Mirth.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University of New Hampshire Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1611684374
• ISBN 13: 9781611684377
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336