LEADER 03588nam 2200697 450 001 9910455475803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-02899-5 010 $a9786612028991 010 $a1-4426-7542-X 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442675421 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004089 035 $a(OCoLC)244768279 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10218954 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000297789 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11223402 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000297789 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10342997 035 $a(PQKB)11210374 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600433 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255049 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671562 035 $a(DE-B1597)464514 035 $a(OCoLC)944177974 035 $a(OCoLC)999366018 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442675421 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671562 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257268 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL202899 035 $a(OCoLC)958579328 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004089 100 $a20160922h20052005 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGospels and grit $ework and labour in Carlyle, Conrad and Orwell /$fRob Breton 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2005. 210 4$dİ2005 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8020-9390-6 311 $a0-8020-3888-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Thomas Carlyle -- $t2. Joseph Conrad -- $t3. George Orwell -- $tEpilogue: Postindustrial and Postmodern Work -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aWork has had a problematic history in Western thought: disparaged as being contrary to contemplation, seen as a necessary burden, and invested with moral or even sacred value. In the Victorian era, a romantic-utilitarian dichotomy developed, and ideas of work were more radically divided than at any other time. On the one hand, the most popular mythologies propagated work as a value in itself - the 'Gospel of Work' - defining and building character and fostering well-being and a sense of fulfillment. On the other hand, with widespread industrialism, automation, and the division of labour, work was perceived as toil for extrinsic gain.Gospels and Grit examines the literary representations of work and labour in the Victorian works of Thomas Carlyle and the twentieth-century writings of Joseph Conrad and George Orwell, exploring how the three systematically displaced the conflict between the Gospel of Work and a non-idealist, non-theoretical pragmatism. Rob Breton argues that these writers were unwilling or unable to provide a resolution to the conflicting discourses and locates fissures emerging out of the division between work and the economic. This is an important and well-written study that provides a new depth of insight into Victorian ideology and working-class culture. 606 $aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWork in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWork in literature. 676 $a823.912093553 700 $aBreton$b Rob$f1965-$01044457 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455475803321 996 $aGospels and grit$92470121 997 $aUNINA