Material morality : success, material culture and the realist novel, 1848 to 1883
This thesis explores how the Victorian concept of success – fundamental to Victorians’ understanding of themselves as such – was characterised and problematised by the demonstration of moral worth through material wealth. Critics, including David Trotter, ask ‘under what generic conditions have obje...
Main Author: | Fernandez-Llorente, Esther |
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Other Authors: | Hammond, Elizabeth ; Hunt, Verity |
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University of Southampton
2015
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Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.690195 |
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