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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
Published Durham, New Hampshire : University of New Hampshire Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Becoming modern : new nineteenth-century studies
Becoming modern.
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
Summary This book illuminates consumer culture and its challenges to American identity and values as described in two classic novels
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-301) and index
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Subject Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. House of mirth.
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Little women.
SUBJECT Alcott, Louisa May 1832-1888 gnd
Wharton, Edith 1862-1937 gnd
House of mirth (Wharton, Edith) fast
Little women (Alcott, Louisa May) fast
Subject American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism
American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
Civilization, Modern, in literature.
Consumption (Economics) in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
American fiction
American fiction -- Women authors
Civilization, Modern, in literature
Consumption (Economics) in literature
Verbrauch
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 129992686X
9781299926868
9781611684124
1611684129