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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Үндсэн зохиолч: Wayne, Heather Diane (Зохиогч)
Формат: Licensed eBooks
Хэл сонгох:англи
Хэвлэсэн: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2023]
Цуврал:Edinburgh critical studies in Atlantic literatures and cultures.
Онлайн хандалт:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/jj.1011786
Агуулга:
  • 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.