The Rise of the Office Clerk in Literary Culture, 1880-1939
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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.
Author: J. Wild
Format: Hardback, 211 pages, 140mm x 216mm
Published: 2006, Palgrave USA, United States
Genre: Literary Criticism
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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.
The Rise of the Office Clerk in Literary Culture, 1880-1939