Returning the gift: modernism and the thought of exchange
Auteur :
Colesworthy, Rebecca
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198778585
Date de publication :
30 oct. 2018
Dimensions :
24,3 x 16,3 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
584 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
What is a gift? What do gifts mean and do? Drawing on Marcel Mauss's 1925 essay, this volume studies novels, autobiographical texts, aesthetic treatises, and political writings by Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys, Gertrude Stein, and H.D to explore the idea of the gift in Modernist literature.