Gender at work in Victorian culture : literature, art and masculinity / Martin A. Danahay.
Published / Created:
Aldershot, England ; Ashgate, c2005.Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2005.
Physical Description:
xi, 180 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-174) and index.
Contents:
Victorian work and industry -- Gendering work in the 1840s -- Dickens, work and sexuality -- Ford Madox Brown and the division of labor -- Perversity at work : Munby and Cullwick -- John Ruskin, digging -- Gissing and the demise of the man at work.
Subject Terms:
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. | Working class in literature. | Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | Men -- Employment -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | Division of labor -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | Working class -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | Masculinity in literature. | Sex role in literature. | Working class in art. | Work in literature. | Men in literature.