This book brings a new dimension to the critical debate about the complex relationship of Woolf to the marketplace and commodity culture through a focus onthe gift economy at work in Woolf's writing, exploring the political subversiveness of the gift and its significance in her modernist aesthetics. ÍNDICE: List of abbreviations - Introduction - The Business of Writing: Economies in Woolf's Essays - Queering the Market: 'Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street', Mrs Dalloway and 'The Hours' - The Gift of Vision: To the Lighthouse, Orlando and Between the Acts - Moments of Giving: Generosity and Desire in Woolf's Short Fictions - Conclusion - Bibliography - Index
- ISBN: 978-1-4039-9706-7
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 212
- Fecha Publicación: 17/10/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés