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The Work of the Sun : Literature, Science, and Economy, 1760-1860.
At the end of the Eighteenth century, British writers began to celebrate work in a strangely indirect way. This work traces the emergence of this model of work, exploring its sources in middle-class consciousness, and its implications for British literature and science.
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| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2006.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Light as Fluid Agency; 2 Energy and the Autonomy of Middle-Class Work; 3 Apollo, God of Enterprise; 4 Cowper's Spontaneous Task; 5 Wordsworth and the Homelessness of Engines; 6 Sunlight and the Reification of Culture; 7 Energy Becomes Labor: The Role of Engineering Theory; 8 Productivism and the Popularization of the First Law of Thermodynamics; Notes; Bibliography; Index.