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Material ambitions : self-help and Victorian literature
- Title
- Material ambitions : self-help and Victorian literature / Rebecca Richardson.
- Author
- Richardson, Rebecca, 1983-
- Publication
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.
- ©2021
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 22-1932 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- x, 255 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm
- Summary
- "The book traces the early history of the self-help genre and the literary depiction of ambition in Victorian British fiction. Stories of hardworking characters who bring themselves out of rags to riches abound in the Victorian era. In chapters featuring the works of novelists, the author demonstrates that Victorian fiction dramatized ambition and problematized it as well"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Literary criticism.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-244) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 22-1932
- ISBN
- 9781421441962
- 1421441969
- 9781421441979
- 1421441977
- LCCN
- 2021011251
- 40030880301
- OCLC
- 1237750608
- Author
- Richardson, Rebecca, 1983- author.
- Title
- Material ambitions : self-help and Victorian literature / Rebecca Richardson.
- Publisher
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-244) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Other Form:
- ebook version : 9781421441986
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40030880301
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-1932