Labour of Laziness in Twentieth-Century American Literature

Labour of Laziness in Twentieth-Century American Literature
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Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 9781474442947
ISBN-13 : 1474442943
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Book Synopsis Labour of Laziness in Twentieth-Century American Literature by : Zuzanna Ladyga

Download or read book Labour of Laziness in Twentieth-Century American Literature written by Zuzanna Ladyga and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text argues that major twentieth-century American writers such as Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, John Barth, Donald Barthelme, and David Foster Wallace provocatively challenge the ethos of productivity by filtering their ethical interventions through culturally stigmatised imagery of laziness.


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