03618nam 2200745Ia 450 991045108100332120200520144314.01-281-36543-297866113654311-4039-8190-610.1057/9781403981905(CKB)1000000000342849(EBL)308328(OCoLC)314821591(SSID)ssj0000273896(PQKBManifestationID)11206552(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000273896(PQKBWorkID)10323233(PQKB)10210429(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8190-5(MiAaPQ)EBC308328(Au-PeEL)EBL308328(CaPaEBR)ebr10135549(CaONFJC)MIL136543(OCoLC)437187473(EXLCZ)99100000000034284920050506d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe work of the sun[electronic resource] literature, science, and political economy, 1760-1860 /Ted Underwood1st ed.New York Palgrave Macmillan20051 online resource (253 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-349-52928-1 1-4039-6599-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-233) and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Light as Fluid Agency; 2 Energy and the Autonomy of Middle-Class Work; 3 Apollo, God of Enterprise; 4 Cowper's Spontaneous Task; 5 Wordsworth and the Homelessness of Engines; 6 Sunlight and the Reification of Culture; 7 Energy Becomes Labor: The Role of Engineering Theory; 8 Productivism and the Popularization of the First Law of Thermodynamics; Notes; Bibliography; IndexAt the end of the Eighteenth century, British writers began to celebrate work in a strangely indirect way. Instead of describing diligence as an attribute of character, poets and novelists increasingly identified work with impersonal 'energies' akin to natural force. Chemists traced mental and muscular work back to its source in sunlight, giving rise to the claim (beloved by Nineteenth-century journalists) that 'all the labour done under the sun is really done by it'. The Work of The Sun traces the emergence of this model of work, exploring its sources in middle-class consciousness and its implications for British literature and science.English literature19th centuryHistory and criticismPolitics and literatureGreat BritainHistory19th centuryPolitics and literatureGreat BritainHistory18th centuryLiterature and scienceGreat BritainHistory19th centuryLiterature and scienceGreat BritainHistory18th centuryEnglish literature18th centuryHistory and criticismSunIn literatureElectronic books.English literatureHistory and criticism.Politics and literatureHistoryPolitics and literatureHistoryLiterature and scienceHistoryLiterature and scienceHistoryEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.820.9/36Underwood Ted862057MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451081003321The work of the sun1924308UNINA