Unsettled AccountsSimon J. James examines how Gissing's work reveals an unhappy accommodation with money's underwriting of human existence and culture, and how daily life in all its forms - moral, intellectual, familial and erotic - is transcended or made irrelevant by its commodification. |
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| Title | Unsettled Accounts Anthem nineteenth century studies |
| Author | Simon J. James |
| Editor | Simon J James, Dr |
| Publisher | Anthem Press, 2003 |
| ISBN | 1843317737, 9781843317739 |
| Length | 200 pages |
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