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Sacramental shopping : Louisa May Alcott, Edith Wharton, and the spirit of modern consumerism / Sarah Way Sherman.

Author: Sherman, Sarah Way.

Imprint:Durham, New Hampshire : University of New Hampshire Press, [2013]

Descriptionxiii, 316 pages ; 25 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-301) and index.



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Sherman, Sarah Way.
Series Statement
Becoming Modern: New Nineteenth-Century Studies
Subject:
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Little women.
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. House of mirth.
Subject:
Consumption (Economics) in literature.
Civilization, Modern, in literature.
American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.