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Literature and Material Culture from Balzac to Proust: The Collection and Consumption of Curiosities - Cambridge Studies in French Watson, Janell (University of Richmond, Virginia)
Literature and Material Culture from Balzac to Proust: The Collection and Consumption of Curiosities - Cambridge Studies in French
Watson, Janell (University of Richmond, Virginia)
Janell Watson shows how the sudden prominence given to curiosities and collecting in nineteenth-century literature signals a massive change in attitudes to the world of goods, which in turn made a great impact on literary texts. Her study makes an important contribution to the literary history of material culture.
244 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 30, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521025461 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 244 |
| Dimensions | 151 × 229 × 16 mm · 374 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Sheringham, Michael |