The Victorians were fascinated with objects and things -but recent scholarship has proved equally fascinated with this Victorian obsession. Examining the rise of the 'commodity' in Victorian culture, this article goes on to trace how consumerism, semiotics and the rise of cultural studies have provided new approaches to Victorian culture and commodification.
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