
Subjectivities
A History of Self-Representation in Britain, 1832-1920
Regenia Gagnier(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 16. May 1991
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-0-19-506096-6 (ISBN)
Description
The author suggests that whereas bourgeois subjectivity ordinarily resembles the central and progressively developing self of such novels as David Copperfield, working class subjectivity consists of attention to working environment and community that diminishes the concern with self. These differences account for the relative valuations placed on middle class and working class autobiographies by the literary establishment.
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`this is a provocative work, and one that nails its colours to the mast early on ... admirable in its attention to detail and ability to assimilate those details, no matter how apparently disparate, into coherent ideological patterns. This book is a salutary reminder that the act of writing is no autotelic activity, but by its nature a mediation betwen self and society.'Bill Bell, Times Literary Supplement
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
frontispiece, 2 halftones, table
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
606 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-506096-6 (9780195060966)
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02/1991
1st Edition
OUP eBook
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Assistant Professor of EnglishAssistant Professor of English, Stanford University