Material Ambitions: Self-Help and Victorian Literature

by Rebecca Richardson

What the Victorian history of self-help reveals about the myth of individualism.

Stories of hardworking characters who lift themselves from rags to riches abound in the Victorian era. From the popularity of such stories, it is clear that the Victorians valorized personal ambition in ways that previous generations had not. In Material Ambitions, Rebecca Richardson explores this phenomenon in light of the under-studied reception...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421441977
• ISBN13: 9781421441979
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher