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The Anxieties of Idleness. Idleness in Eighteenth-century British Literature and Culture.
Sarah Jordan
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Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 626.
The Anxieties of Idleness: Idleness in Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Culture investigates the preoccupation with idleness that haunts the British eighteenth century. Sarah Jordan argues that as Great Britain began to define itself as a nation during this period, one important quality it claimed for itself was industriousness. But this claim was undermined and complicated by, among other factors, the importance of leisure to the upholding of class status, thus making idleness a subject of intense anxiety. One result of this anxiety was an increased surveillance of the supposed idleness of marginalized and less powerful members of society: the working ... Read more
The Anxieties of Idleness: Idleness in Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Culture investigates the preoccupation with idleness that haunts the British eighteenth century. Sarah Jordan argues that as Great Britain began to define itself as a nation during this period, one important quality it claimed for itself was industriousness. But this claim was undermined and complicated by, among other factors, the importance of leisure to the upholding of class status, thus making idleness a subject of intense anxiety. One result of this anxiety was an increased surveillance of the supposed idleness of marginalized and less powerful members of society: the working ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
Series
Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture
Number of Pages
298
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611481686
SKU
V9781611481686
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About Sarah Jordan
Sarah Jordan is an associate professor of English at Albion College, where she teaches classes in eighteenth-century British literature and Romanticism. Her articles have appeared in The Age of Johnson and Eighteenth-Century Life.
Reviews for The Anxieties of Idleness. Idleness in Eighteenth-century British Literature and Culture.
"Jordan marshals an impressive array of well-chosen examples from conduct books, tracts, social and religious materials, literature, and secondary sources [...yet] the text reads surprisingly well and is not overburdened by its full scholarly apparatus."
H. Benoist
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