The Victorian Novel, Service Work, and the Nineteenth-Century Economy
Author:   Joshua Gooch
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
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9781137525505


Pages:   233
Publication Date:   04 August 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Joshua Gooch
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.091kg
ISBN:  

9781137525505


ISBN 10:   1137525509
Pages:   233
Publication Date:   04 August 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Social Work of Unproductive Labor 2. Silas Marner: Narration as Work-Discipline 3. Our Mutual Friend: Service Work as Subject-Work 4. The Moonstone: Service Work as Narrative Work 5. The Way We Live Now: Service Work and Violence Conclusion, Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love My Work-Discipline Bibliography Index

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Joshua Gooch is an Assistant Professor at D'Youville College in Buffalo, New York. His research focuses on intersections of work, power, and aesthetics in literature and film, particularly in relation to cultures with financialized economies, and includes essays on Samuel Butler, Joseph Conrad, Wes Anderson, and war films.

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