Writing in Parts - Imitation and Exchange in Nineteenth-Century Literature

Proposing a new interpretation of literature and mass culture in nineteenth-century Europe, this book focuses on works by Marx, Balzac, Dickens, Adorno, and Benjamin to explore in them a complex "mimetic" disposition toward commodification in the realm of culture.

Summary

Proposing a new interpretation of literature and mass culture in nineteenth-century Europe, this book focuses on works by Marx, Balzac, Dickens, Adorno, and Benjamin to explore in them a complex "mimetic" disposition toward commodification in the realm of culture.

Product details

• Authors: McLaughlin Kevin, Kevin Mclaughlin
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1995
• EAN: 9780804724111
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-2411-1
• No. of pages: 188
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 225 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 386 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies