Description:
Charity bazaars were a key method women used to intervene in political, social, and cultural affairs. Bazaar Literature reorients our understanding of Victorian social reform fiction by reading it in light of the copious amount of literature generated for charity bazaars--which shaped the social, political, and literary movements of its time.
Review Quotes: "This survey of the charity bazaar in 19th-century literature is not just a monographic study of a specialized topic. It is a commanding survey that positions the bazaar as a significant theme in British fiction." -- Choice
"Thorne-Murphy's scholarly, cogently argued, and well-researched book deserves to be read widely. The range of images in the book make its reading all the more interesting and absorbing." -- Petros Spanou, British Association for Victorian Studies