The Leisure Ethic: Work and Play in American Literature, 1840-1940 - William A. Gleason - Books - Stanford University Press - 9780804733991 - 1999
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The Leisure Ethic: Work and Play in American Literature, 1840-1940


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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.


468 pages, 25 half-tones

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released 1999
ISBN13 9780804733991
Publishers Stanford University Press
Pages 468
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   733 g   (Weight (estimated))

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