Gospels and Grit : : Work and Labour in Carlyle, Conrad, and Orwell / / Rob Breton.
Work has had a problematic history in Western thought: disparaged as being contrary to contemplation, seen as a necessary burden, and invested with moral or even sacred value. In the Victorian era, a romantic-utilitarian dichotomy developed, and ideas of work were more radically divided than at any...
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Breton, Rob, author. Gospels and Grit : Work and Labour in Carlyle, Conrad, and Orwell / Rob Breton. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016] ©2005 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Thomas Carlyle -- 2. Joseph Conrad -- 3. George Orwell -- Epilogue: Postindustrial and Postmodern Work -- Works Cited -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Work has had a problematic history in Western thought: disparaged as being contrary to contemplation, seen as a necessary burden, and invested with moral or even sacred value. In the Victorian era, a romantic-utilitarian dichotomy developed, and ideas of work were more radically divided than at any other time. On the one hand, the most popular mythologies propagated work as a value in itself - the 'Gospel of Work' - defining and building character and fostering well-being and a sense of fulfillment. On the other hand, with widespread industrialism, automation, and the division of labour, work was perceived as toil for extrinsic gain.Gospels and Grit examines the literary representations of work and labour in the Victorian works of Thomas Carlyle and the twentieth-century writings of Joseph Conrad and George Orwell, exploring how the three systematically displaced the conflict between the Gospel of Work and a non-idealist, non-theoretical pragmatism. Rob Breton argues that these writers were unwilling or unable to provide a resolution to the conflicting discourses and locates fissures emerging out of the division between work and the economic. This is an important and well-written study that provides a new depth of insight into Victorian ideology and working-class culture. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019) Work in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015 9783110667691 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110490954 print 9780802038883 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442675421 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442675421.jpg |
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