Idleness and aesthetic consciousness, 1815-1900 / Richard Adelman.
Idleness and aesthetic consciousness, 1815-1900 / Richard Adelman.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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G 2018/5599
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English
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viii, 233 pages ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Idleness, moral consciousness & sociability -- Political economy & the logic of idleness -- The 'gospel of work' -- Cultural theory & aesthetic failure -- The gothicization of idleness -- Conclusion -- Epilogue substitutive sa...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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England
Date Published
2018.
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Charting the failure of the Romantic critique of political economy, Richard Adelman explores the changing significances and the developing concepts of idleness and aesthetic consciousness during the nineteenth century. Through careful analysis of some of the period's most influential thinkers, including John Stuart Mill, George Eliot, John Ruskin a...
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Idleness and aesthetic consciousness, 1815-1900 / Richard Adelman.
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Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/5599
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74VKV8Xa7LVO
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1108424139 hardcover
9781108424134 hardcover
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820.9357
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991024189602102626
