Dress and identity in British literary culture, 1870-1914 /
Rosy Aindow.
- Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2010.
- 172 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The function of dress in the novel -- Development and innovation in the nineteenth-century fashion industry -- Writing out frivolity -- Women, fashion and the art of (class) deception -- Needlewomen and shop girls in nineteenth-century fiction.
9780754661450 (hbk.)
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century Clothing and dress in literature. Fashion in literature. Identity (Psychology) in literature. Social classes in literature. Clothing and dress--Social aspects--History.--Great Britain Fashion--Social aspects--History.--Great Britain Fashion--History--Great Britain--19th century.