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Simon J. James examines how Gissing's work reveals an unhappy accommodation with money's underwriting of human existence and culture, and how daily life in all its forms – moral, intellectual, familial and erotic – is transcended or made irrelevant by its commodification.



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'James's study begins with an excellent survey of the role of money in Victorian plots, and works down to careful readings on the specifics of Gissin's art.' —'Victorian Studies'



Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Telling Money; 2. Dickens in Memory: Gissing's Critical Writing; 3. Poverty and Imagination: The Early Novels; 4. The Price of Culture: Gissing's Major Phase; 5. Gissing's City of Women: The Later Novels; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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      Publisher: Anthem Press
      Publication Date: 08/12/2003
      ISBN13: 9781843311089, 978-1843311089
      ISBN10: 1843311089

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Simon J. James examines how Gissing's work reveals an unhappy accommodation with money's underwriting of human existence and culture, and how daily life in all its forms – moral, intellectual, familial and erotic – is transcended or made irrelevant by its commodification.



      Trade Review

      'James's study begins with an excellent survey of the role of money in Victorian plots, and works down to careful readings on the specifics of Gissin's art.' —'Victorian Studies'



      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Telling Money; 2. Dickens in Memory: Gissing's Critical Writing; 3. Poverty and Imagination: The Early Novels; 4. The Price of Culture: Gissing's Major Phase; 5. Gissing's City of Women: The Later Novels; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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