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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813479903321

Autore

Breton Rob <1965->

Titolo

Gospels and grit : work and labour in Carlyle, Conrad and Orwell / / Rob Breton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

1-282-02899-5

9786612028991

1-4426-7542-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

823.912093553

Soggetti

English fiction - History and criticism

Work in literature

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Thomas Carlyle""; ""2 Joseph Conrad""; ""3 George Orwell""; ""Epilogue: Postindustrial and Postmodern Work""; ""WORKS CITED""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the literary representations of work and labour in the Victorian works of Carlyle, and the 20th century writings of Conrad and Orwell.