The Rise of the Office Clerk in Literary Culture, 1880-1939 /

This innovative study investigates the emergence and impact of the lower middle class on British print culture through the figure of the office clerk. This interdisciplinary work offers important insights into a previously neglected area of social and book history, and explores key works by George G...

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Main Author: Wild, Jonathan (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
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Summary:This innovative study investigates the emergence and impact of the lower middle class on British print culture through the figure of the office clerk. This interdisciplinary work offers important insights into a previously neglected area of social and book history, and explores key works by George Gissing, Forster and JB Priestley.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 211 pages)
ISBN:9780230514669
DOI:10.1057/9780230514669