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Provides in-depth case studies investigating early twentieth-century women novelists' engagement with contemporary fashion politics. Intervenes in and advances the study of literary modernism's relationship to consumer culture, middlebrow aesthetics, and the literary marketplace. Evidences the strong intellectual and professional connections existing among key women novelists of the interwar period. Draws on unexplored archival resources to offer new readings of canonical and lesser-studied women writers of the early 20th century.

About the Author

Vike Martina Plock is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Exeter.