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Gifts, Markets and Economies of Desire in Virginia Woolf /

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This book brings a new dimension to the critical debate about the complex relationship of Woolf to the marketplace and commodity culture through a focus on the gift economy at work in Woolf's writing, exploring the political subversiveness of the gift and its significance in her modernist aesth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simpson, Kathryn (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:
Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Cultural Theory.
Gender Studies.
Literary Theory.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
British literature.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Literature > Philosophy.
Literature, Modern > 19th century.
Literature, Modern > 20th century.
Sex (Psychology)
Sociology.
Electronic books.
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Summary:This book brings a new dimension to the critical debate about the complex relationship of Woolf to the marketplace and commodity culture through a focus on the gift economy at work in Woolf's writing, exploring the political subversiveness of the gift and its significance in her modernist aesthetics.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 200 pages)
ISBN:9780230228436
DOI:10.1057/9780230228436