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Marshik, Celia

At the mercy of their clothes : = modernism, the middlebrow, and British garment culture /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	At the mercy of their clothes :/ Celia Marshik.
Reminder of title:	modernism, the middlebrow, and British garment culture /
Author:	Marshik, Celia
Description:	1 online resource (264 pages)
Subject:	English literature - History and criticism - 20th century -
Online resource:	http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/COLB0002401.html
ISBN:	9780231542968

At the mercy of their clothes : = modernism, the middlebrow, and British garment culture /
Marshik, Celia

At the mercy of their clothes :modernism, the middlebrow, and British garment culture /Celia Marshik. - 1 online resource (264 pages) - Modernist Latitudes. - Modernist latitudes.

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In much of modern fiction, it is the clothes that make the character. Garments embody personal and national histories. They convey wealth, status, aspiration, and morality (or a lack thereof). They suggest where characters have been and where they might be headed, as well as whether or not they are aware of their fate. At the Mercy of Their Clothes explores the agency of fashion in modern literature, its reflection of new relations between people and things, and its embodiment of a rapidly changing society confronted by war and cultural and economic upheaval. In some cases, people need garment

ISBN: 9780231542968Subjects--Topical Terms:

564181
English literature
--History and criticism--20th centuryIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

761329
Electronic books

LC Class. No.: PR478.C58 / .M37 2017eb

Dewey Class. No.: 820.9/3564

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