WORDS AT WORK IN VANITY FAIR by Martha Banta ( 9780230116979 )

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WORDS AT WORK IN VANITY FAIR
LANGUAGE SHIFTS IN CRUCIAL TIMES, 1914-1930

By:

Martha Banta

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0230116973

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9780230116979

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PALGRAVE MACMILLAN

Pub. date:

3 November, 2011

Pages:

233

Description:

Banta draws upon essays in Vanity Fair by noted journalists, literary figures, and cultural critics in order to examine the manner by which major cultural and historical events in the United States and Britain led to the invention of previously non-existent words to express the rampant changes within society.

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Banta draws upon essays in Vanity Fair by noted journalists, literary figures, and cultural critics in order to examine the manner by which major cultural and historical events in the Untied States and Britain led to the invention of previously non-existent words to express the rampant changes within society.

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