The Rise of the Office Clerk in Literary Culture, 1880-1939

Wild, J.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2006-01-17

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403945266

DOI: 10.1057/9780230514669

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 211