Modernism and the Culture of Efficiency : : Ideology and Fiction / / Evelyn Cobley.
Modernism and the Culture of Efficiency engages with the idea of efficiency as it emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century. Evelyn Cobley's close readings of modernist British fiction by writers as diverse as Aldous Huxley, Joseph Conrad, and E.M. Forster identify characters whose atti...
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Cobley, Evelyn, author. Modernism and the Culture of Efficiency : Ideology and Fiction / Evelyn Cobley. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016] ©2009 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE. The Culture of Efficiency in Society -- 1. Efficiency and the Great Exhibition of 1851: Elation and Doubt -- 2. Efficient Machines and Docile Bodies: Henry Ford and F.W. Taylor -- 3. An Experiment in (In)Efficient Organization and Social Engineering: Auschwitz -- 4. Efficiency and Disciplinary Power: The Iron Cage and the Suburb -- PART TWO. The Culture of Efficiency in Fiction -- 5. Efficiency and Population Control: Wells, Shaw, Orwell, Forster -- 6. 'Criminal' Efficiency: Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness -- 7. Efficient Management: D.H. Lawrence's Women in Love -- 8. Efficiency and Perverse Outcomes: Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier -- 9. Efficiency and Its Alternatives: E.M. Forster's Howards End -- 10. Efficiency and the Perfect Society: Aldous Huxley's Brave New World -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Modernism and the Culture of Efficiency engages with the idea of efficiency as it emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century. Evelyn Cobley's close readings of modernist British fiction by writers as diverse as Aldous Huxley, Joseph Conrad, and E.M. Forster identify characters whose attitudes and behaviour patterns indirectly manifest cultural anxieties that can be traced to the conflicted logic of efficiency.Revisiting the principles of work developed by Henry Ford and F.W. Taylor, Cobley draws out the broader social, political, cultural, and psychological implications of the assembly line and the efficiency expert's stopwatch. The pursuit of efficiency, she argues, was the often unintentional impetus for the development of social control mechanisms that gradually infiltrated the consciousness of individuals and eventually suffused the fabric of society. Evelyn Cobley's sophisticated analysis is the first step in understanding an ideology that has received little attention from literary critics despite its broad sociocultural implications. 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) English fiction 20th century History and criticism. Industrial efficiency Social aspects. Modernism (Literature) Modernism (Literature). Technological innovations Social aspects. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. 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 9780802099570 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442697430 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442697430.jpg |
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Cobley, Evelyn, Modernism and the Culture of Efficiency : Ideology and Fiction / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE. The Culture of Efficiency in Society -- 1. Efficiency and the Great Exhibition of 1851: Elation and Doubt -- 2. Efficient Machines and Docile Bodies: Henry Ford and F.W. Taylor -- 3. An Experiment in (In)Efficient Organization and Social Engineering: Auschwitz -- 4. Efficiency and Disciplinary Power: The Iron Cage and the Suburb -- PART TWO. The Culture of Efficiency in Fiction -- 5. Efficiency and Population Control: Wells, Shaw, Orwell, Forster -- 6. 'Criminal' Efficiency: Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness -- 7. Efficient Management: D.H. Lawrence's Women in Love -- 8. Efficiency and Perverse Outcomes: Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier -- 9. Efficiency and Its Alternatives: E.M. Forster's Howards End -- 10. Efficiency and the Perfect Society: Aldous Huxley's Brave New World -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE. The Culture of Efficiency in Society -- 1. Efficiency and the Great Exhibition of 1851: Elation and Doubt -- 2. Efficient Machines and Docile Bodies: Henry Ford and F.W. Taylor -- 3. An Experiment in (In)Efficient Organization and Social Engineering: Auschwitz -- 4. Efficiency and Disciplinary Power: The Iron Cage and the Suburb -- PART TWO. The Culture of Efficiency in Fiction -- 5. Efficiency and Population Control: Wells, Shaw, Orwell, Forster -- 6. 'Criminal' Efficiency: Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness -- 7. Efficient Management: D.H. Lawrence's Women in Love -- 8. Efficiency and Perverse Outcomes: Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier -- 9. Efficiency and Its Alternatives: E.M. Forster's Howards End -- 10. Efficiency and the Perfect Society: Aldous Huxley's Brave New World -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE. The Culture of Efficiency in Society -- 1. Efficiency and the Great Exhibition of 1851: Elation and Doubt -- 2. Efficient Machines and Docile Bodies: Henry Ford and F.W. Taylor -- 3. An Experiment in (In)Efficient Organization and Social Engineering: Auschwitz -- 4. Efficiency and Disciplinary Power: The Iron Cage and the Suburb -- PART TWO. The Culture of Efficiency in Fiction -- 5. Efficiency and Population Control: Wells, Shaw, Orwell, Forster -- 6. 'Criminal' Efficiency: Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness -- 7. Efficient Management: D.H. Lawrence's Women in Love -- 8. Efficiency and Perverse Outcomes: Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier -- 9. Efficiency and Its Alternatives: E.M. Forster's Howards End -- 10. Efficiency and the Perfect Society: Aldous Huxley's Brave New World -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
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