Words at Work in Vanity Fair: Language Shifts in Crucial Times, 1914-1930

by Martha Banta

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230116973
• ISBN13: 9780230116979
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.3"