Research Catalog

Title

Talking shop [electronic resource] : the language of craft in an age of consumption / Peter Betjemann.

Author

Betjemann, Peter J., 1973-

Publication

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, c2011.

Details

Description

1 online resource (ix, 267 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

Talking shop (Online)

Alternative Title

Talking shop (Online)

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 (p. [249]-258) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

The ghost writer: 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.

LCCN

2011000694

OCLC

ssj0000606723

Author

Betjemann, Peter J., 1973-

Title

Talking shop [electronic resource] : the language of craft in an age of consumption / Peter Betjemann.

Imprint

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, c2011.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-258) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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