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Labor pains : Emerson, Hawthorne, and Alcott on work and the woman question  Cover Image E-book E-book

Labor pains : Emerson, Hawthorne, and Alcott on work and the woman question

Summary: This book explores the importance of work and its role in defining and developing the self; the writings of Emerson, Hawthorne and Alcott demonstrate that valorizing the importance of work also validates the need for gender equality.

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  • ISBN: 9780415967921
  • ISBN: 0203579178
  • ISBN: 9780203505458
  • ISBN: 020350545X
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 152 pages).
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  • Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2004.

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CatMonthString:january.19
CatMonthString:april.18
Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-148) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: The Working Self: Emerson's Theory of Vocation -- Democratic Genius -- The Division of Labor -- Thoreau on the Division of Labor -- The Value of Work -- The Individual and Society -- Working Girls: Emerson on Female Self-Reliance and Vocation -- The Work of the Dark Lady: Hawthorne on Vocation and Women -- Hawthorne and the Service of Work -- Hester Prynne -- Zenobia -- Little Women and Working Girls: Louisa May Alcott on Women and Work -- The Civil War -- Meaningful Work and Meaningful Lives -- Finding One's Job and Finding Oneself -- Independence.
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Source of Description Note:
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Subject: Emerson, Ralph Waldo -- 1803-1882 -- Political and social views
Hawthorne, Nathaniel -- 1804-1864 -- Political and social views
Alcott, Louisa May -- 1832-1888 -- Political and social views
Alcott, Louisa May -- 1832-1888
Emerson, Ralph Waldo -- 1803-1882
Hawthorne, Nathaniel -- 1804-1864
Women -- Employment -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Occupations in literature
Feminism and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Work in literature
Women -- Employment
Occupations in literature
Work in literature
American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
Women -- Education
Feminism and literature
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General
Self-actualization (Psychology) in literature
Women in literature
Women -- Education -- United States -- History -- 19th century
American literature
Women in literature
Self-actualization (Psychology) in literature
Political and social views
United States
Genre: Electronic books.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.

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