Material Ambitions
Download or Read eBook Material Ambitions PDF written by Rebecca Richardson and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Rebecca Richardson |
| Publisher | : JHU Press |
| Total Pages | : 268 |
| Release | : 2021-11-30 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781421441962 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1421441969 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Material Ambitions by : Rebecca Richardson
Book excerpt: "The book traces the early history of the self-help genre and the literary depiction of ambition in Victorian British fiction. Stories of hardworking characters who bring themselves out of rags to riches abound in the Victorian era. In chapters featuring the works of novelists, the author demonstrates that Victorian fiction dramatized ambition and problematized it as well"--
