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Working-class Fiction

Working-Class Fiction is a subgenre of British Fiction that centers on the lived experiences, social conditions, and cultural identities of working-class characters and communities, distinguished by its focus on economic marginalization, labor, and class consciousness within the broader literary representation of social hierarchy.

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1.4K

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34

Authors

8

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

37

Subjectivities: a history of self-representation in Britain, 1832-1920

Choice Reviews Online · 1991 · 227 citations

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Labor's Text: The Worker in American Fiction

Graham Thompson, Laura Hapke · The Yearbook of English Studies · 2004 · 148 citations

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The Industrial Muse: A Study of Nineteenth-Century British Working-Class Literature

Laurence Lerner, Martha Vicinus · Comparative Literature · 1977 · 129 citations

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Cooking with Mud: The Idea of Mess in Nineteenth-Century Art and Fiction

Philip Shaw, David Trotter · The Modern Language Review · 2002 · 101 citations

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Mechanic Accents: Dime Novels and Working-Class Culture in America

John H. M. Laslett, Michael Denning · Journal of American History · 1989 · 59 citations

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Authors

34

  1. MV
    Martha Vicinus

    University of Michigan, United States

    3 publications · 169 citations

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  2. MD
    Michael Denning

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    2 publications · 78 citations

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  3. CB
    Cornelia Butler Flora

    Iowa State University, United States

    2 publications · 50 citations

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  4. FB
    François Bédarıda

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 49 citations

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  5. FH
    Florence Howe

    SUNY Old Westbury, United States

    1 publications · 29 citations

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Institutions

8

  1. Northampton College

    Northampton, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  2. Kansas State University

    Manhattan, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  3. Trinity University

    San Antonio, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  4. Georgetown University

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  5. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    43 citations

  6. SUNY Old Westbury

    Old Westbury, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  7. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    59 citations

  8. Ford Foundation

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 9 publications · 428 citations

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  2. Contemporary Literature

    3 publications · 42 citations

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  3. Victorian Literature and Culture

    2 publications · 26 citations

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  4. Modern fiction studies

    MFS · 2 publications · 42 citations

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  5. The Yearbook of English Studies

    2 publications · 165 citations

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