The Leisure Ethic: Work and Play in American Literature, 1840-1940

by William A. Gleason

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At the turn of the last century, as routinized industrial labor made a mockery of the gospel of work, Americans increasingly sought fulfillment not on the job but in their leisure activities. This book explores the multiple and, at times, contradictory tensions surrounding this turn to play and examines their impact on nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century American literature. Arguing that American writers participated in the ongoing debates...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0804734348

ISBN13:9780804734349

Release Date:January 1999

Publisher:Stanford University Press

Length:468 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Classics Criticism & Theory History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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