The vulgar question of money
Subtitle: heiresses, materialism, and the novel of manners from Jane Austen to Henry James
By: Elsie B. Michie
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781421401867
Subjects: Material culture; History; Material culture in literature; Social life and customs; Money in literature; History and criticism; English fiction
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Social distinction in Jane Austen; title: Frances Trollope and the problem of appetite; title: Anthony Trollope's "subtle materialism"; title: Beyond sentimental ethics: Margaret Oliphant, John Stuart Mill, and the emergence of the professional ideal; title: "A new version of the old story": Henry James and the end(s) of the marriage plot.