The Literature of Labor and the Labors of Literature (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521470544)

This book juxtaposes representations of labor in fictional texts with representations of labor in nonfictional texts in order to trace the intersections between aesthetic and economic discourse in nineteenth-century America. This intersection is particularly evident in the debates about symbol and allegory, and Cindy Weinstein contends that allegory during this period was critiqued on precisely the same grounds as mechanized labor. In the course of completing a historical investigation, Weinstein revolutionizes the notion of allegorical narrative, which is exposed as a literary medium of greater depth and consequence than has previously been implied.

Author: Cindy Weinstein
ISBN-10: 0521470544
ISBN-13: 9780521470544
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/27/1995
Pages: 284
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.31h x 6.31w x 0.94d