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

Informationen zum Autor Brian Elliott is assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University. Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The political economy of work and place Chapter 1: George Eliot: The English working class finds its voice Chapter 2: Thomas Hardy: Situating working-class politics Chapter 3: D.H. Lawrence: A future politics of work Chapter 4: New land, new labour Conclusion: Neoliberalism and a new working-class politics

Product details

• Authors: Brian Elliott
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781538158562
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-5856-2
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative 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