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LACKING THE BRUTISH CONVICTION: VANDOVER'S TUMBLE FROM THE LEISURE CLASS.

Discusses the novel "Vandover and the Brute," by Frank Norris, which focuses on the fall of Vandover from leisure-class privilege to working class drudgery. Main purpose of Thorstein Veblen's "Theory of the Leisure Class"; Differences of the man of leisure from the lower-class man; Action taken by...

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Published in:Studies in American Fiction Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 221 - 233
Main Author: Weber, Myles
Format: Article
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press Autumn2003
Subjects:
Vandover & the Brute (Book)
Norris, Frank, 1870-1902
Leisure class
Working class
Social classes
Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929
Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions, The (Book)
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Summary:Discusses the novel "Vandover and the Brute," by Frank Norris, which focuses on the fall of Vandover from leisure-class privilege to working class drudgery. Main purpose of Thorstein Veblen's "Theory of the Leisure Class"; Differences of the man of leisure from the lower-class man; Action taken by Vandover's father to oppose his wish to become an artist.