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"Covering a variety of genres and periods from medieval epic to contemporary speculative fiction, Styling Texts explores the fascinating ways in which dress performs in literature. Numerous authors have made powerful - even radical - use of clothing and its implications, and the essays collected here demonstrate how scholarly attention to literary fashioning can contribute to a deeper understanding of texts, their contexts, and their innovations. These generative and engaging discussions focus on issues such as fashion and anti-fashion; clothing reform; transvestism; sartorial economics;…
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1 edition- Hardcover · English · 2007Cambria Press · 452 pages · 9781934043837
Clothing and dress in literatureClass consciousness in literatureEnglish literatureHistory and criticismAmerican literatureFashion in literatureGender identity in literatureIdentity (Psychology) in literature