02087nam 2200517 450 991081240240332120230415172627.01-4214-4197-79781421441986(CKB)5600000000015413(OCoLC)1288056528(MdBmJHUP)musev2_94849(MiAaPQ)EBC6808198(Au-PeEL)EBL6808198(EXLCZ)99560000000001541320230415d2021 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMaterial Ambitions Self-Help and Victorian Literature /Rebecca RichardsonBaltimore, Maryland :Johns Hopkins University Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (x, 255 pages ) illustrations (black and white) ;1-4214-4198-5 Includes bibliographical references and index."The book traces the early history of the self-help genre and the literary depiction of ambition in Victorian British fiction. Stories of hardworking characters who bring themselves out of rags to riches abound in the Victorian era. In chapters featuring the works of novelists, the author demonstrates that Victorian fiction dramatized ambition and problematized it as well"--Provided by publisher.Ambition in literatureConduct of life in literatureEnglish fiction19th centuryHistory and criticismSelf-actualization (Psychology) in literatureLiterary criticism.lcgftAmbition in literature.Conduct of life in literature.English fictionHistory and criticism.Self-actualization (Psychology) in literature.820.9353Richardson Rebecca1983-1699663MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812402403321Material Ambitions4082102UNINA