Talking shop : the language of craft in an age of consumption /
Betjemann, Peter,1973-
Charlottesville, Va. ; London : University of Virginia Press,
2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
American literature
American literature
Material culture in literature.
Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature.
Artisans in literature.