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Sacramental shopping

Sherman, Sarah Way.

Sacramental shopping Louisa May Alcott, Edith Wharton, and the spirit of modern consumerism / [electronic resource] : Sarah Way Sherman. - Durham : University of New Hampshire Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - Becoming Modern: New Nineteenth-Century Studies .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Raising virtuous shoppers: Little Women and the marketplace of morality -- Lily Bart and the pursuit of happiness -- Lily at the crossroads: Vanity Fair versus The republic of the spirit -- Smart Jews and failed Protestants -- Lily in the valley of the shadow.

9781611684124 1611684129


Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. House of mirth.
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Little women.


American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
American fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Civilization, Modern, in literature.
Consumption (Economics) in literature.


Electronic books.

PS1017.L53 / S54 2013

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