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Names: Marshik, Celia, author.

Title: At the mercy of their clothes : modernism, the middlebrow, and British garment culture / Celia Marshik.

Description: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016] | Series: Modernist latitudes | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016022756 (print) | LCCN 2016034823 (ebook) | ISBN 9780231175043 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780231542968 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: English literature—20th century—History and criticism. | Clothing and dress in literature. | Fashion—Social aspects—Great Britain—History—20th century. | Clothing and dress—Social aspects—Great Britain—History. | Modernism (Literature)—Great Britain. | Identity (Psychology) in literature.

Classification: LCC PR478.C58 M37 2016 (print) | LCC PR478.C58 (ebook) | DDC 820.9/3564—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016022756

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