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Henry James and the Culture of Consumption
Miranda El-Rayess
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Description for Henry James and the Culture of Consumption
hardcover. This book focuses on Henry James's engagement with the fast-developing consumer culture of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 246 pages, 11 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
This book explores Henry James's imaginative engagements with the burgeoning consumer culture of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, focusing on his hitherto neglected fascination with shops and the shopping experience. Examining a wide range of the author's fiction and non-fiction in the context of developments such as the rise of the department store, the growing public presence of women shoppers and shop workers, and the increasing sophistication of commodity display and advertising, the book argues that consumer desire constitutes an integral part of James's understanding of modern subjectivity. It also demonstrates that the structures and strategies of commodity ... Read more
This book explores Henry James's imaginative engagements with the burgeoning consumer culture of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, focusing on his hitherto neglected fascination with shops and the shopping experience. Examining a wide range of the author's fiction and non-fiction in the context of developments such as the rise of the department store, the growing public presence of women shoppers and shop workers, and the increasing sophistication of commodity display and advertising, the book argues that consumer desire constitutes an integral part of James's understanding of modern subjectivity. It also demonstrates that the structures and strategies of commodity ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107039056
SKU
V9781107039056
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Ref
99-18
About Miranda El-Rayess
Miranda El-Rayess is Lecturer in Writing in the Liberal Studies Program at New York University in London, and Postdoctoral Tutor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London. She has published articles on James in Critical Quarterly and Symbiosis, contributed a chapter to David McWhirter's Henry James in Context (Cambridge University Press, 2010), and reviewed ... Read more
Reviews for Henry James and the Culture of Consumption
'A lasting contribution to James scholarship.' The Times Literary Supplement 'The point is not merely the generative force of Miranda El-Rayess' elaborate texts and nuanced contexts - the impetus they give to one's own free-associating - but more importantly her provision of a generous cultural-historical framework within which to see these works anew and through which to deepen one's understanding ... Read more