The present study attempts to recover issues of history, economics, and social change as specifically determinant in James's works of the 1870s and 1880s. These issues are focussed through James's negotiations of the Romance form at the onset of consumer culture: his concern with the production of literary effects are shown to be intimately bound up with the newly developing strategies of the marketplace. What emerges is a radical re-alignment in the nature of narrative as manufacturer registers contemporary reconstructions ...
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The present study attempts to recover issues of history, economics, and social change as specifically determinant in James's works of the 1870s and 1880s. These issues are focussed through James's negotiations of the Romance form at the onset of consumer culture: his concern with the production of literary effects are shown to be intimately bound up with the newly developing strategies of the marketplace. What emerges is a radical re-alignment in the nature of narrative as manufacturer registers contemporary reconstructions of the self within the emerging world of consumerism, a new critique of the female, and new authorizations of history within fiction.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in poor condition. Water damaged. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN: 9780333393895.
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