Around quitting time : work and middle-class fantasy in American fiction /

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Posits social class as the American political unconscious, showing (in an analysis of 19th and 20th century novels) how class exerts pressure on the American cultural imagination, and claiming that what is desired is ultimately the liberation from work.

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Seguin, Robert, 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2001.
Series:New Americanists.
Subjects:
1900-1999
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Class consciousness in literature.
Middle class in literature.
Working class in literature.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
Social change in literature.
Fantasy in literature.
Work in literature.
Labor in literature.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Classes moyennes dans la littérature.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Conscience de classe dans la littérature.
Travailleurs dans la littérature.
Changement social dans la littérature.
Fantasmes dans la littérature.
Travail dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Labor in literature
American fiction
Class consciousness in literature
Fantasy in literature
Literature and society
Middle class in literature
Social change in literature
Social conditions
Work in literature
Working class in literature
Romans.
Amerikaans.
Middenklassen.
Arbeid.
United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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