| 紀錄類型: |
書目-語言資料,印刷品
: Monograph/item
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| 正題名/作者: |
At the mercy of their clothes :/ Celia Marshik. |
| 其他題名: |
modernism, the middlebrow, and British garment culture / |
| 作者: |
Marshik, Celia |
| 面頁冊數: |
1 online resource (264 pages) |
| 提要註: |
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 |
| 標題: |
English literature - History and criticism - 20th century - |
| 電子資源: |
http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/COLB0002401.html |
| ISBN: |
9780231542968 |