Consuming empire in US fiction, 1865-1930 /
Traces authors' attitudes toward US economic expansionism through their fictional allusions to internationally-traded commodities.
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2023]
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| Serie: | Edinburgh critical studies in Atlantic literatures and cultures.
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| Accesso online: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3575318 |
Sommario:
- Introduction : Getting to know the inter-imperial "lineages" of domestic commodities in US Fiction, 1865-1930
- 1. Cotton, carmine, coal, and flour : The ethics and aesthetics of domestic consumption in Alcott and Phelps
- 2. Maneuvering through centuries of inter-imperial fur trading and gold speculation in Woolson and Ruiz de Burton
- 3. Bouguereau is best : Disentangling economic and aesthetic values in Norris and Du Bois
- 4. Orientalist consumption of pearls and blue Chinese porcelain in Wharton and Larsen
- Conclusion.