Talking shop : the language of craft in an age of consumption / Peter Betjemann.

Author/creator Betjemann, Peter J., 1973-
Format Book
Publication InfoCharlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.
Descriptionix, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The ghost writer; or, The canonization of Benvenuto Cellini -- Legends of labor: Nathaniel Hawthorne and the voice of craft -- The nature of gothic: artisanship, intuition, and the representation of expertise -- In the American grain: Gustav Stickley and the artisanal type -- The syntax of the eye: author, artisan, and the "more laboring ages" in Henry James's The spoils of Poynton -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011000694
ISBN9780813931210 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0813931215 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813931692 (e-book)
ISBN081393169X (e-book)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PS374.M39 B48 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold