Upward Mobility and the Common Good Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State |
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| Author:
| Robbins, Bruce |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-04987-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2007 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $61.00 |
Book Description:
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Reinterpreting novels by figures such as Balzac, Stendhal, Charlotte Bronte, Dickens, Dreiser, Wells, Doctorow, and Ishiguro, along with a number of films, this book shows how deeply the material and erotic desires of upwardly mobile characters are intertwined with the aid they receive from some sort of benefactor or mentor.
Reinterpreting novels by figures such as Balzac, Stendhal, Charlotte Bronte, Dickens, Dreiser, Wells, Doctorow, and Ishiguro, along with a number of films, this book shows how deeply the material and erotic desires of upwardly mobile characters are intertwined with the aid they receive from some sort of benefactor or mentor.