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03760aam a2200505 i 4500 001 195807E6253111EE91433F782CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230718010455 008 220506t20232023cau b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022022193 020 $a 1503633845 020 $a 9781503633841 020 $a 1503630498 020 $a 9781503630499 035 $a (OCoLC)1312149284 040 $a CSt/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d YDX $d BDX $d NGU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a PR468.H37 $b B76 2023 082 00 $a 820.9/35 $2 23/eng/20221102 100 1 $a Bronstein, Jamie L., $d 1968- $e author. 245 14 $a The happiness of the British working class / $c Jamie L. Bronstein. 264 1 $a Stanford, California : $b Stanford University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a x, 287 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-279) and index. 505 0 $a Interrogating autobiographies -- The simple pleasures of childhood -- Work and flow -- Life is with people -- The natural world -- Self-cultivation -- The way of duty -- Absent happiness -- Sadness, fear, anger -- The past and the present converse. 520 $a "For working-class life writers in nineteenth century Britain, happiness was a multifaceted emotion: a concept that could describe experiences of hedonic pleasure, foster and deepen social relationships, drive individuals to self-improvement, and lead them to look back over their lives and evaluate whether they were well-lived. However, not all working-class autobiographers shared the same concepts or valorizations of happiness, as variables such as geography, gender, political affiliation, and social and economic mobility often influenced the way they defined and experienced their emotional lives. The Happiness of the British Working Class employs and analyzes over 350 autobiographies of individuals in England, Scotland, and Ireland to explore the sources of happiness of British working people born before 1870. Drawing from careful examinations of their personal narratives, Jamie L. Bronstein investigates the ways in which working people thought about the good life as seen through their experiences with family and friends, rewarding work, interaction with the natural world, science and creativity, political causes and religious commitments, and physical and economic struggles. Informed by the history of emotions and the philosophical and social-scientific literature on happiness, this book reflects broadly on the industrial-era working-class experience in an era of immense social and economic change"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a English literature $y 19th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Working class authors $z Great Britain $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Happiness in literature. 650 0 $a Working class in literature. 650 0 $a Autobiography. 650 7 $a Autobiography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00822597 650 7 $a English literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00911989 650 7 $a Happiness in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00951183 650 7 $a Working class authors. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180550 650 7 $a Working class in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180556 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Bronstein, Jamie L., 1968- $t Happiness of the British working class. $d Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2023 $z 9781503633858 $w (DLC) 2022022194 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117022239.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=195807E6253111EE91433F782CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search