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Author:
Sherman, Sarah Way.
Title:
Sacramental shopping : Louisa May Alcott, Edith Wharton, and the spirit of modern consumerism / Sarah Way Sherman.
Publisher:
University of New Hampshire Press,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
xiii, 316 pages ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Alcott, Louisa May,--1832-1888--Little women.
Wharton, Edith,--1862-1937.--House of mirth.
Consumption (Economics) in literature.
Civilization, Modern, in literature.
American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
American fiction--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Series:
Becoming modern : new nineteenth-century studies
ISBN:
1611684374 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781611684377 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1611684226 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781611684223 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)818143830
LCCN:
2013007237
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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