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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790119703321

Autore

Betjemann Peter J. <1973->

Titolo

Talking shop [[electronic resource] ] : the language of craft in an age of consumption / / Peter Betjemann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, c2011

ISBN

0-8139-3169-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Disciplina

813/.409355

Soggetti

American literature - 19th century - History and criticism

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Material culture in literature

Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature

Artisans in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-258) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The ghost writer: the canonization of Benvenuto Cellini -- Legends of labor: Nathaniel Hawthorne and the voice of craft -- The nature of gothic: artisanship, intuition, and the representation of expertise -- In the American grain: Gustav Stickley and the artisanal type -- The syntax of the eye: author, artisan, and the "more laboring ages" in Henry James's The spoils of Poynton -- Conclusion.