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The Theory of the Leisure Class / Thorstein Veblen ; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Martha Banta. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - XXXV, 263 strony ; 20 cm.

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Veblen, Thorstein (1857-1929). Banta, Martha.

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Oxford World's Classics / Oxford University Press

Originally published: New York : Macmillan, 1899.

In The Theory of the Leisure Class Thorstein Veblen sets out 'to discuss the place and value of the leisure class as an economic factor in modern life'. In so doing he produced a landmark study of affluent American society that exposes, with brilliant ruthlessness, the habits of production and waste that link invidious business tactics and barbaric social behaviour. Veblen's analysis of the evolutionary process sees greed as the overriding motive in the modern economy; with an impartial gaze he examines the human cost paid when social institutions exploit the consumption of unessential goods for the sake of personal profit. Fashion, beauty, animals, sports, the home, the clergy, scholars - all are assessed for their true usefulness and found wanting. The targets of Veblen's coruscating satire are as evident today as they were a century ago, and his book still has the power to shock and enlighten. Veblen's uncompromising arguments and the influential literary force of his writing are assessed in Martha Banta's Introduction.

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The Hause of Mirrth / Edith Wharton ; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Martha Banta. - Wydanie 3. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. - XXXVII, 329 stron ; 20 cm.

(Oxford World's Classics - Oxford University Press)

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Wharton, Edith (1862-1937). Banta, Martha.

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Since its publication in 1905 The House of Mirth has commanded attention for the sharpness of Wharton's observations and the power of her style. A lucid, disturbing analysis of the stifling limitations imposed upon women of her generation, Wharton's tale of Lily Bart's search for a husband of position in New York Society, and betrayal of her own heart, transformed the traditional novel of manners into an arrestingly modern document of cultural anthropology. With incisive contemporary analysis, the introduction by a leading scholar of American literature updates this increasingly important work.

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