Landscape and Labour - Work, Place, and the Working Class in Eliot, Hardy, and Lawrence

In the novels of George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, and D. H. Lawrence a miniature history of the English working class can be found. They transformed working-class culture from a patronizing pastiche into a vital reality. Landscape and Labour offers a sense of direction for contemporary politics by rediscovering the vital force of working-class culture.

List of contents

Introduction: The political economy of work and place (5,000 words)
Chapter 1: George Eliot: The English working class finds its voice (15,000 words)
Chapter 2: Thomas Hardy: Situating working-class politics (15,000 words)
Chapter 3: D.H. Lawrence: A future politics of work (15,000 words)
Chapter 4: New land, new labour (15,000 words)
Conclusion: Neoliberalism and a new working-class politics (5,000 words)

About the author

By Brian Elliott

Product details

• Authors: Brian Elliott
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781786609106
• ISBN: 978-1-78660-910-6
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Politics, Politics & government, Politics and government, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers