Material Ambitions : Self-Help and Victorian Literature

Name: Material Ambitions : Self-Help and Victorian Literature
Brand: Johns Hopkins University Press

Johns Hopkins University Press

Material Ambitions\nby Rebecca Richardson\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 8\u20139 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Rebecca Richardson\nTitle: Material Ambitions\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Literary theory\nPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press\nPublication year: 2022\nISBN-13: 9781421441979\nISBN-10: 1421441977\nRRP: \u00A330.50\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nWhat the Victorian history of self-help reveals about the myth of individualism.\nStories of hardworking characters who lift themselves from rags to riches abound in the Victorian era. From the popularity of such stories, it is clear that the Victorians valorized personal ambition in ways that previous generations had not. In Material Ambitions, Rebecca Richardson explores this phenomenon i.