Queer economic dissonance and Victorian literature

Queer economic dissonance and Victorian literature / Meg Dobbins.

Author/creator	Dobbins, Meg, 1986- author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2022]
Description	viii, 187 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	English literature--19th century --History and criticism. Economics and literature--Great Britain --History --19th century. Economics in literature. Capitalism in literature. Queer theory.

Contents	Introduction: Queer accounts -- Dickensian Queer Street -- Jane Eyre's purse -- Black debt and social capital in The wonderful adventures of Mrs. Seacole in many lands -- The progressive state and queer family values: George Eliot's widows, misers, and disobedient daughters -- Coda: Oscar Wilde and Sebastian Melmoth.
Abstract	"Draws on queer theory and economic literary criticism to examine how precarious economic figures in texts by Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bront̐ue, Mary Seacole, and more queered Victorian socioeconomic norms"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2022029501
ISBN	9780814214862
ISBN	081421486X hardcover
ISBN	electronic book
ISBN	electronic book

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