{"product_id":"the-servants-hand-9780822313977","title":"The Servants Hand","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It is not simply one of the best books I know on nineteenth century English fiction; it is also one of the most powerful, inventive, and consistently interesting works of Marxist criticism. . .”—Andrew Parker, Amherst College\u003cbr\u003e\"This is one of the best books of the last decade. . .  remarkably original and important. Robbins's deep concern for literary and cultural theory supports and focuses his close attention to reading specific works as they arise from and function within a history lived and made by human beings. I don't know a better example of the connections between literary and cultural studies.\"—Jonathan Arac, University of Pittsburgh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface        ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: The Secret Pressure of a Working Hand        1\u003cbr\u003e 1. From Odysseus' Scar to the Brown Stocking: A Tradition        25\u003cbr\u003e 2. Impertinence: The Servant in Dialogue        53\u003cbr\u003e 3. Exposition: The Servant as Narrator        91\u003cbr\u003e 4. Agency: The Servant as Instrument of the Plot        131\u003cbr\u003e 5. Recognition: The Servant in the Ending        167\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Commonplace and Utopia        205\u003cbr\u003e Notes        227\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography        239\u003cbr\u003e Index        255","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866010562903,"sku":"9780822313977","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822313977.jpg?v=1722276610","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-servants-hand-9780822313977","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}