Table of Contents: Talking shop

Main Author:	Betjemann, Peter J., 1973-
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, c2011.
Subjects:	American literature > History and criticism. > 19th century American literature > History and criticism. > 20th century Material culture in literature. Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature.
Online Access:	http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10554880

Table of Contents:

The ghost writer: 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.