{"product_id":"the-rise-of-office-literature-bureaucratization-and-aesthetics-in-britain-and-france-1810-1900-9798765104774","title":"The Rise of Office Literature: Bureaucratization and Aesthetics in Britain and France, 1810-1900","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores the social and cultural history of bureaucratization in 19th-century Britain and France via the evolving literary portrayal of office life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLiterary critics have long cited the clerk in 19th-century literature as an emblem of a\u003cbr\u003enascent lower middle class, or of shifting gender roles in the world of work. Moreover, there\u003cbr\u003eis growing critical interest in the influence of rapidly evolving organizational systems and\u003cbr\u003edata networks on this period's culture. By refocusing on the point at which these interests\u003cbr\u003emeet - the office - \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of Office Literature \u003c\/i\u003eplays a synthesizing role, identifying this\u003cbr\u003eworkplace as a point of convergence between the abstract and the quotidian, between\u003cbr\u003estructures and workers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy exploring the history of 'office literature' - a 'forgotten' nineteenth-century literary genre whose exemplars focus primarily on office life - Daniel Jenkin-Smith argues that the portrayal of new labour practices, intellectual forms and bureaucratic technologies in English and French literature served to problematize existing narrative conventions, while also enabling new developments in literary aesthetics. Office literature's unique position - between the ongoing process of nineteenth-century bureaucratization and the rapidly evolving realist and satirical traditions of this period's literature - means that it offers an especially insightful perspective onto the interrelation of aesthetic, intellectual, economic and social history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Jenkin-Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798765104774","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44383871008905,"sku":"9798765104774","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_25680888-e88f-475c-b678-8b1a8d3da76a.jpg?v=1752014138","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-rise-of-office-literature-bureaucratization-and-aesthetics-in-britain-and-france-1810-1900-9798765104774","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}