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ISBN: 9780230116979 - Words at Work in Vanity Fair Words at Work in Vanity Fair
Martha Banta

ISBN10: 0230116973  ISBN13: 9780230116979
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 03 Nov 2011
Banta draws upon essays in Vanity Fair by noted journalists, literary figures, and cultural critics in order to examine the manner by which major cultural and historical events in the United States and Britain led to the invention of previously... More

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ISBN: 9780199538102 - The House of Mirth Bestseller The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton Martha Banta

ISBN10: 0199538107  ISBN13: 9780199538102
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 13 Nov 2008
Since its publication in 1905 The House of Mirth has commanded attention for the sharpness of Wharton's observations and the power of her style. Its heroine, Lily Bart, is beautiful, poor, and unmarried at 29. In her search for a husband with... More

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ISBN: 9780141441368 - Washington Square Washington Square
Henry James Martha Banta

ISBN10: 0141441364  ISBN13: 9780141441368
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Penguin Classics
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 28 Jun 2007
When timid and plain Catherine Sloper acquires a dashing and determined suitor, her father, convinced that the young man is nothing more than a fortune-hunter, decides to put a stop to their romance. Torn between a desire to win her father's... More

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ISBN: 9780199552580 - The Theory of the Leisure Class The Theory of the Leisure Class
Thorstein Veblen Martha Banta

ISBN10: 0199552584  ISBN13: 9780199552580
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 28 May 2009
Veblen's landmark study of affluent American society exposes the 'pecuniary culture' and 'conspicuous consumption' that results when unessential goods are exploited at the expense of production of true value. This new edition examines Veblen's... More

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ISBN: 9780521314497 - New Essays on the American New Essays on the American
Martha Banta

ISBN10: 0521314496  ISBN13: 9780521314497
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 26 Jun 1987
The American Novel series provides students of American literature with introductory critical guides to the greatest works of American fiction. The American (1877) was written the very year Henry James committed himself to making his way as an... More

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ISBN: 9780300122978 - One True Theory and the Quest for an American Aesthetic One True Theory and the Quest for an American Aesthetic
Martha Banta

ISBN10: 0300122977  ISBN13: 9780300122978
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 04 Jan 2008
Martha Banta reaches across several disciplines to investigate America's early quest to shape an aesthetic equal to the nation's belief in its cultural worth. Marked by an unusually wide-ranging sweep, the book focuses on three major "testing... More

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ISBN: 9780226037028 - Taylored Lives Taylored Lives
Martha Banta

ISBN10: 0226037029  ISBN13: 9780226037028
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 07 Dec 1995
Scientific management: technology spawned it, Frederick Winslow Taylor championed it, Thorstein Veblen dissected it, Henry Ford implemented it. By the turn of the century, practical visionaries prided themselves on having arrived at "the one best... More

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ISBN: 9780226037011 - Taylored Lives Taylored Lives
Martha Banta

ISBN10: 0226037010  ISBN13: 9780226037011
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press
Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 May 1993
Scientific management: Technology spawned it, Frederick Winslow Taylor championed it, Thorstein Veblen dissected it, Henry Ford implemented it. By the turn of the century, practical visionaries prided themselves on having arrived at "the one best... More

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ISBN: 9780226036908 - Barbaric Intercourse Barbaric Intercourse
Martha Banta

ISBN10: 0226036901  ISBN13: 9780226036908
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 04 Feb 2003
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Origins2. Out of Place3. History Lessons4. The Company One Keeps5. Etiquettes for Anger6. War in the Nursery7. The Fate of Fantasy in a High-Anxiety WorldNotesSelect BibliographyIndex "Barbaric... More

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ISBN: 9780226036922 - Barbaric Intercourse Barbaric Intercourse
Martha Banta

ISBN10: 0226036928  ISBN13: 9780226036922
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 11 Mar 2003
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Origins2. Out of Place3. History Lessons4. The Company One Keeps5. Etiquettes for Anger6. War in the Nursery7. The Fate of Fantasy in a High-Anxiety WorldNotesSelect BibliographyIndex "Barbaric... More