J. Wild

Gebundenes Buch

The Rise of the Office Clerk in Literary Culture, 1880-1939

Beschreibung

This innovative study investigates the emergence and impact of the lower middle class on British print culture through the figure of the office clerk. This interdisciplinary work offers important insights into a previously neglected area of social and book history, and explores key works by George Gissing, Forster and JB Priestley.

Autor

JONATHAN WILD is a Lecturer in Victorian Literature at the University of Edinburgh, UK. His published and forthcoming work includes articles on George Gissing, First World War literature and John O'London's Weekly. Wild is currently working on a study of British 'middlebrow' literature in the inter-war period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4039-4526-6
• 2006
• Seitenzahl: 211
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 149mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 383g
• ISBN-13: 9781403945266
• ISBN-10: 1403945268
• Artikelnr.: 21336633

Rezensionen

'A revealing, often poignant introduction to a layer of society that literature has largely ignored.' - John Carey, Emeritus Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford

'...this is a valuable study, and Wild's work has implications that extend beyond the depiction and reading habits of the clerk.' - Victoria Stewart, Literature and History

'[A] herculean program of research that will serve as the bedrock for any future studies in this area... the research is not only an impressive achievement but a pioneering one.' - Lawrence Rainey, Modernism/Modernity