Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
British Industrial Fictions
. Ed(S): Klaus, H.Gustav; Knight, Stephen
€ 20.08
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for British Industrial Fictions
Paperback. This text represents the contexts, aspirations and dramas experienced by the people who worked in industry in Britain for 200 years. This fictional material was usually produced in conscious resistance to the dominent culture of the day. Editor(s): Klaus, H.Gustav; Knight, Stephen. Num Pages: 192 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
British Industrial Fictions represents the contexts, aspirations and dramas experienced by the people who worked in industry in Britain for two hundred years. This fictional material was usually produced in conscious resistance to the dominant culture of the day, sometimes by middle-class sympathisers, but often by workers themselves who found time, somehow, to write about their stark experiences. Some of the essays in this collection discuss little-known aspects of industrial fiction, such as the early fiction about seamstresses, industrial writing by women authors, the largely unknown representations of ship-builders, nineteenth-century nail-workers and late twentieth century unemployed. Others essays reconsider well ... Read more
British Industrial Fictions represents the contexts, aspirations and dramas experienced by the people who worked in industry in Britain for two hundred years. This fictional material was usually produced in conscious resistance to the dominant culture of the day, sometimes by middle-class sympathisers, but often by workers themselves who found time, somehow, to write about their stark experiences. Some of the essays in this collection discuss little-known aspects of industrial fiction, such as the early fiction about seamstresses, industrial writing by women authors, the largely unknown representations of ship-builders, nineteenth-century nail-workers and late twentieth century unemployed. Others essays reconsider well ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Wales, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780708315972
SKU
V9780708315972
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About . Ed(S): Klaus, H.Gustav; Knight, Stephen
Stephen Knight was Professor of English Literature at Cardiff University, and is now Honorary Research Professor of English Literature at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of articles on Raymond Williams, Gwyn Thomas and Rhys Davies, and the editor of British Industrial Fictions (1999). H. Gustav Klaus is Professor of English at the University of Rostock.
Reviews for British Industrial Fictions
"...a fine and stimulating collection, offering a useful range of new approaches..." New Welsh Review "a valuable undertaking to attempt to fill a hole in our records of class struggle in industrial settings in British fiction...a vital contribution to a reassessment of the literary canon." Literature and History