Fetishism and imagination : Dickens, Melville, Conrad / David Simpson
1982, First Edition. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #405074
ISBN: 0801828589
Physical description; xviii, 141 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-137) and index. Contents; A World of images -- Crusoe Burns an idol -- Fetishism and idolatry -- Trinkets and baubles -- Commodities and money -- Charles Dickens: "Northing but figure" -- Questions of coat and waistcoat -- Idols of the market -- Herman Melville: Chasing the whale -- Joseph Conrad: Digging for silver, Dreaming of trade -- Conclusion: "Ploughing the sea." Subjects; Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Criticism and interpretation. Melville, Herman 1819-1891 Criticism and interpretation. Conrad, Joseph 1857-1924 Criticism and interpretation. English fiction History and criticism. Fetishism in literature.
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