At the Mercy of Their Clothes: Modernism, the Middlebrow, and British Garment Culture

by Celia Marshik

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231175051
• ISBN13: 9780231175050
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"