Commodification of identity in victorian narrative, the: autobiography, sensation, and the literary marketplace
Auteur :
Grass, Sean
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108484459
Date de publication :
31 oct. 2019
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,8 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
550 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The first book to study the rise of Victorian autobiography as a marketplace phenomenon rather than a vehicle for constructing identity, and to relate life-writing to broader cultural impulses to imagine identity as a textual thing. It will particularly appeal to scholars of nineteenth-century literature, book history and material culture.