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 culture are deeply embedded in his style, his aesthetic and his conception of authorship. The study offers new readings of familiar and less familiar texts, and includes a wealth of original historical documentation that has been gleaned from contemporary newspapers, periodicals, advertising manuals, sales catalogues and guidebooks.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
1107039053
ISBN-13
9781107039056
eBay Product ID (ePID)
166557060
Product Key Features
Author
Miranda El-Rayess
Publication Name
Henry James and the Culture of Consumption
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
246 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps2124 .E47 2014
Table of Content
Introduction; 1. 'Hungry gazes through clear plates': the artist at the shop window; 2. Women behind glass; 3. Women in the city; 4. Shopping for American masculinity; 5. The other side of the counter; Epilogue: 'This furnishing forth of my Volumes'.
Copyright Date
2014
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Subjects & Themes / Women, American / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Lccn
2013-030440
Dewey Decimal
813.4
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism
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