The Servant's Hand - English Fiction from Below

"This is one of the best books of the last decade. . . remarkably original and important. Robbins's deep concern for literary and cultural theory supports and focuses his close attention to reading specific works as they arise from and function within a history lived and made by human beings. I don't know a better example of the connections between literary and cultural studies."--Jonathan Arac, University of Pittsburgh

List of contents

Preface ix

Introduction: The Secret Pressure of a Working Hand 1

1. From Odysseus' Scar to the Brown Stocking: A Tradition 25

2. Impertinence: The Servant in Dialogue 53

3. Exposition: The Servant as Narrator 91

4. Agency: The Servant as Instrument of the Plot 131

5. Recognition: The Servant in the Ending 167

Conclusion: Commonplace and Utopia 205

Notes 227

Bibliography 239

Index 255

About the author

Bruce W. Robbins

Product details

• Authors: Bruce W. Robbins, Robbins, Bruce Robbins
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.09.1993
• EAN: 9780822313977
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-1397-7
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 228 mm x 153 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 466 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Literature - Classics / Criticism