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The displacement of desire: consumerism and fetishism in Mary Wilkins Freeman's fiction.(Critical Essay)
From:
Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers
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June 1, 2003| Author:
Elbert, Monika M.
| COPYRIGHT 2003 University of Nebraska Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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It is not improbable that every fetishist is a lost poet.
Wilhelm Stekel
In the face of an impending marriage with a man who has absented himself for many years, Louisa in Mary Wilkins Freeman's "A New England Nun" (1887) prefers her domestic collectibles--the little "female appurtenances" which have made her solitary life bearable, if not fulfilling. Similarly, the narcissistic Narcissa in "One Good Time" (1897) decides to postpone her marriage so she can in...
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