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

The Rise of the Office Clerk in Literary Culture, 1880-1939
Author: J. Wild
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2006-01-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0230514669

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.