Talking shop : the language of craft in an age of consumption /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Betjemann, Peter J., 1973-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2011]
Subjects:	Artisans in literature. Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature. Material culture in literature. American literature > 20th century > History and criticism. American literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The ghost writer: the canonization of Benvenuto Cellini
Legends of labor: Nathaniel Hawthorne and the voice of craft
The nature of gothic: artisanship, intuition, and the representation of expertise
In the American grain: Gustav Stickley and the artisanal type
The syntax of the eye: author, artisan, and the "more laboring ages" in Henry James's The spoils of Poynton
Conclusion.