The Leisure Ethic: Work and Play in American Literature, 1840-1940

This literary and cultural history of the rise of modern leisure shows how American writers from Henry David Thoreau to Zora Neale Hurston both responded to and helped shape19th- and early-20th-century ideas of work and play.

Author: William a. Gleason
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 01/01/1999
Pages: 468
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.39lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.01w x 0.99d
ISBN: 9780804734349

About the Author
William A. Gleason is Assistant Professor of English at Princeton University.

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