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Talking shop : the language of craft in an age of consumption

Title
Talking shop : the language of craft in an age of consumption / Peter Betjemann.
Author
Betjemann, Peter J., 1973-
Publication
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.

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Description
ix, 267 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • American literature > 19th century > History and criticism
  • American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Material culture in literature
  • Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature
  • Artisans in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The ghost writer; or, The canonization of Benvenuto Cellini -- Legends of labor: Nathaniel Hawthorne and the voice of craft -- The nature of gothic: artisanship, intuition, and the representation of expertise -- In the American grain: Gustav Stickley and the artisanal type -- The syntax of the eye: author, artisan, and the "more laboring ages" in Henry James's The spoils of Poynton -- Conclusion.
Call Number
JFE 11-3748
ISBN
  • 9780813931210 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0813931215 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780813931692 (e-book)
  • 081393169X (e-book)
LCCN
2011000694
OCLC
YBP 2011000694
Author
Betjemann, Peter J., 1973-
Title
Talking shop : the language of craft in an age of consumption / Peter Betjemann.
Imprint
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 11-3748
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