The work of the sun : literature, science, and political economy, 1760-1860

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Label

The work of the sun : literature, science, and political economy, 1760-1860

Title remainder

literature, science, and political economy, 1760-1860

Statement of responsibility

Ted Underwood

Creator

• Underwood, T. L., (Ted L)

Subject

• English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
• English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
• History
• Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
• Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
• Sun -- In literature
• Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century

Genre

• History
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

"At the end of the eighteenth century, British writers began to celebrate work in a strangely indirect way. Instead of describing diligence as an attribute of character, poets and novelists increasingly identified work with impersonal "energies" akin to natural force. Chemists traced mental and muscular work back to its source in sunlight, giving rise to the claim (beloved by nineteenth-century journalists) that "all the labor done under the sun is really done by it." The Work of the Sun traces the emergence of this model of work, exploring its sources in middle-class consciousness and its implications for British literature and science."--Jacket

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

820.9/36

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

PR468.S83

LC item number

U53 2005

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography