{"product_id":"the-labour-of-literature-in-marcus-waithe-9781137552525","title":"The Labour of Literature in Britain and France, 1830-1910: Authorial Work Ethics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume examines the anxieties that caused many nineteenth-century writers to insist on literature as a laboured and labouring enterprise. Following Isaac D'Israeli's gloss on Jean de La Bruyère, it asks, in particular, whether writing should be 'called \u003ci\u003eworking'\u003c\/i\u003e. Whereas previous studies have focused on national literatures in isolation, this volume demonstrates the two-way traffic between British and French conceptions of literary labour. It questions assumed areas of affinity and difference, beginning with the labour politics of the early nineteenth century and their common root in the French Revolution. It also scrutinises the received view of France as a source of a 'leisure ethic', and of British writers as either rejecting or self-consciously mimicking French models. Individual essays consider examples of how different writers approached their work, while also evoking a broader notion of 'work \u003ci\u003eethics'\u003c\/i\u003e, understood as a humane practice, whereby values, benefits, and responsibilities, are weighed up.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcus Waithe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1137552522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781137552525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.69d","brand":"Marcus Waithe","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48517945557247,"sku":"9781137552525","price":99.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9657d7ce-6957-4c04-bf1b-9b1e89fa55ec.jpg?v=1778733188","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-labour-of-literature-in-marcus-waithe-9781137552525","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}