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The growth of industrialism, the rise of professionalism and the decline of slavery led to debates in 19th-century America about the concept of work. This book examines the literary view of this debate, arguing that many writers felt an affinity between the mental labour of writing and manual work.

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 01/06/1995
      ISBN13: 9780226075556, 978-0226075556
      ISBN10: 0226075559
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      Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 Sociology: work and labour

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      Book Synopsis
      The growth of industrialism, the rise of professionalism and the decline of slavery led to debates in 19th-century America about the concept of work. This book examines the literary view of this debate, arguing that many writers felt an affinity between the mental labour of writing and manual work.

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