LEADER 03852nam 22009255 450 001 9910970109903321 005 20240307122126.0 010 $a9786611365431 010 $a9781281365439 010 $a1281365432 010 $a9781403981905 010 $a1403981906 024 7 $a10.1057/9781403981905 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342849 035 $a(EBL)308328 035 $a(OCoLC)314821591 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000273896 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11206552 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000273896 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10323233 035 $a(PQKB)10210429 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8190-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC308328 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL308328 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10135549 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136543 035 $a(OCoLC)437187473 035 $a(Perlego)3496410 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342849 100 $a20151127d2005 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Work of the Sun $eLiterature, Science, and Political Economy, 1760-1860 /$fby T. Underwood 205 $a1st ed. 2005. 210 1$aNew York :$cPalgrave Macmillan US :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781349529285 311 08$a1349529281 311 08$a9781403965998 311 08$a1403965994 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [221]-233) and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Index 330 $aAt 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. 606 $aScience$xPhilosophy 606 $aPhysics$xStudy and teaching 606 $aPoetry 606 $aFiction 606 $aEuropean literature$yRenaissance, 1450-1600 606 $aEuropean literature 606 $aPhilosophy of Science 606 $aEducation in Physics 606 $aPoetry and Poetics 606 $aFiction Literature 606 $aEarly Modern and Renaissance Literature 606 $aEuropean Literature 615 0$aScience$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aPhysics$xStudy and teaching. 615 0$aPoetry. 615 0$aFiction. 615 0$aEuropean literature 615 0$aEuropean literature. 615 14$aPhilosophy of Science. 615 24$aEducation in Physics. 615 24$aPoetry and Poetics. 615 24$aFiction Literature. 615 24$aEarly Modern and Renaissance Literature. 615 24$aEuropean Literature. 676 $a820.9/36 700 $aUnderwood$b Ted$01791278 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910970109903321 996 $aThe Work of the Sun$94328412 997 $aUNINA