The Literature of Labor and the Labors of Literature: Allegory in Nineteenth-Century American Fiction - Couverture rigide

Weinstein, Cindy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521470544 ISBN 13 : 9780521470544

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

This book juxtaposes representations of labour in fictional and non-fictional texts in order to trace the intersections between aesthetic and economic discourse in nineteenth-century America.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Literature of Labor and the Labors of Literature juxtaposes representations of labour in fictional texts and non-fictional texts in order to trace the intersections between aesthetic and economic discourse in nineteenth-century America. Both allegory and the new forms of labour produced a version of personhood that seemed frighteningly flat, a flatness that attacked the substance of the work ethic and, indeed, the very foundations of American individualism. Using this contextualized model of allegory, Weinstein argues that texts by Hawthorne, Melville, Twain and Adams are best understood both as allegories of labour (that is, the allegorical representations of the nature and cost of being a labouring being) and labours of allegory (that is, the visibility of the author's work of representation). Weinstein revolutionizes the notion of allegorical narrative, which is exposed as a literary medium of greater depth and consequence than has previously been implied - a working authorial vehicle for engaged and at times socially turbulent thought.

Revue de presse

'More than any critic I can think of, Cindy Weinstein has developed a sustained argument about the historical conditions for allegory ... this bold new theory of allegory puts Cindy Weinstein at the forefront of a new generation of Americanists.' Wai-Chee Dimock, Brandeis University

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521470544
• ISBN 13: 9780521470544
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 284
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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