Maibor Labor Pains

Emerson, Hawthorne, & Alcott on Work, Women, & the Development of the Self
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-88489-5
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 178 Seiten

Reihe: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory

This book explores the importance of work and its role in defining and developing the self. Maibor reveals how the writings of Emerson, Hawthorne, and Alcott delve into notions of equality through this emphasis on labor. In doing so she challenges the traditional view of Emerson as unconcerned with societal issues, and opens the work of Hawthorne and Alcott to new feminist readings.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maibor, Carolyn

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter One: The Working Self: Emerson's Theory of Vocation
Democratic Genius
The Division of Labor
Thoreau on the Division of Labor
The Value of Work
The Individual and Society
Chapter Two: Working Girls: Female Self-Reliance and Vocation
Chapter Three: The Work of the Dark Lady: Hawthorne on Vocation and Women
Hester Prynne
Zenobia
Chapter Four: Little Women and Working Girls: Louisa May Alcott on Women and Work
The Civil War
Meaningful Work and Meaningful Lives
Finding One's Job and Finding Oneself
Independence
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Carolyn R. Maibor has a background in both English and Philosophy, and received her Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Brandeis University. Currently an assistant Professor of English at Framingham State College, she has taught at the University of Montreal, Simmons College, and Brandeis University. She has published articles on Emerson's aesthetics.