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Routledge Labor Pains: Emerson, Hawthorne & Alcott on Work - Literary Criticism

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Labour Pains examines how work shapes identity and self-development through the lens of three canonical American authors. Carolyn R. Maibor's scholarly study reveals how Emerson, Hawthorne, and Alcott explored equality and social responsibility via labour and professional life. The book challenges the conventional interpretation of Emerson as detached from societal concerns whilst offering fresh feminist perspectives on Hawthorne and Alcott's literary contributions. Grounded in both English and Philosophy, Maibor draws on her Ph.D. from Brandeis University to analyse how these writers conceptualised the relationship between labour, gender, and personal development. This work is essential for literature scholars, students of American studies, and readers interested in how nineteenth-century authors interrogated work's role in self-formation and social progress.

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The book challenges traditional readings of Emerson by demonstrating his engagement with labour and societal equality rather than purely transcendental individualism.

Maibor provides new feminist interpretations of Hawthorne and Alcott's writings that centre on work and its connection to gender, identity, and self-development.

Combines literary criticism with philosophy to explore how three major American authors conceptualised labour's role in defining the self and advancing equality.

Written by Carolyn R. Maibor, a scholar trained in both English and Philosophy with doctoral expertise in English and American Literature from Brandeis University.

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Amazon UK
Release Date
15 April 2004
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13 December 2006

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