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Author:
Dobbins, Meg, 1986- author.
Title:
Queer economic dissonance and Victorian literature / Meg Dobbins.
Publisher:
The Ohio State University Press,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
viii, 187 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
1800-1899
English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Economics and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Economics in literature.
Capitalism in literature.
Queer theory.
History.
Capitalism in literature.
Economics and literature.
Economics in literature.
English literature.
Queer theory.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Literary criticism.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-180) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Queer accounts -- Dickensian Queer Street -- Jane Eyre's purse -- Black debt and social capital in The wonderful adventures of Mrs. Seacole in many lands -- The progressive state and queer family values: George Eliot's widows, misers, and disobedient daughters -- Coda: Oscar Wilde and Sebastian Melmoth.
Summary:
"Draws on queer theory and economic literary criticism to examine how precarious economic figures in texts by Charles Dickens, Charlotte Brontèˆ, Mary Seacole, and more queered Victorian socioeconomic norms"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
081421486X
9780814214862
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1342509498
LCCN:
2022029501
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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