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

By J Wild, Jonathan Wild Dr, J. Wild

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349522899
• ISBN13: 9781349522897
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"