Work in the English Novel: The Myth of Vocation

ISBN-13: 9780367444617 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 220 str.

Ruth Danon

Opis

Originally published in 1985, this book traces the development of an ideal of work in English writing which runs parallel to that of the Protestant work ethic. The author has called this the myth of vocation: work is seen as the primary source of self-definition, psychic integration and fulfilment.

Spis treści

Introduction.  1. Robinson Crusoe: Defining the Myth of Vocation  2. Charles Dickens: Domesticating the Myth of Vocation  3. Jude the Obscure: Vocation and the Integrated Life.  Conclusion.  Selected Bibliography.  Index.

O autorze

Ruth Danon