Your money or your life - Images of the office in the American novel
Medium
Periodical Article
Medium
- part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Feb2009 (Volume) 19 (Number) 3
Medium
(Periodical) English Review.
Classif
820 ENG
Subject
English
Page
6 - 8
Authors
Johnston-Jones, Nick
Contents
Corporate life takes a beating in American literature. Office work is a Faustian pact that pays the bills but devours its victims, robbing them of their dreams and identities. The author examines the increasingly dark portrayal of office work in three post-war American novels.