Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture: Inalienable Objects, Contested Domains

What role do objects play in realist narratives as they move between societies and their different systems of value as commodities, as charms, as gifts, as trophies, or as curses? This book explores how the struggle to represent objects in British colonial realism corresponded with historical struggles over the material world and its significance.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-05-04

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230378001

DOI: 10.1057/9780230378018

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 245