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From the 1860's through the early twentieth century, Great Britain saw the rise of the department store and the institutionalization of a gendered sphere of consumption. Come Buy, Come Buy considers representations of the female shopper in British women's writing and demonstrates how women's shopping practices are materialized as forms of narrative, poetic, and cultural inscription, showing how women writers emphasize consumerism as productive of pleasure rather than the condition of seduction or loss. Krista Lysack examines works by Christina Rossetti, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, George Eliot,

Consumption (Economics) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. --- Consumption (Economics) in literature. --- English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. --- English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism. --- Femininity in literature. --- Identity (Psychology) in literature. --- Shopping -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. --- Shopping in literature. --- Women consumers -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. --- Women consumers in literature. --- Consumption (Economics) in literature --- Consumption (Economics) --- English literature --- Women consumers in literature --- Shopping in literature --- Femininity in literature --- Identity (Psychology) in literature --- Women consumers --- Shopping --- English Literature --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- History and criticism --- Women authors --- History --- History and criticism. --- Consumer demand --- Consumer spending --- Consumerism --- Spending, Consumer --- Buyers' guides --- Shoppers' guides --- Women as consumers --- Femininity (Psychology) in literature --- Demand (Economic theory) --- Purchasing --- Retail trade --- Consumer education --- Personal shoppers --- Consumers --- British literature --- Inklings (Group of writers) --- Nonsense Club (Group of writers) --- Order of the Fancy (Group of writers) --- Women authors&delete&