Routledge Library Editions: 18th Century Work in the English Novel: The Myth of Vocation, Book 7, (Hardcover)

Originally published in 1985, this book traces the development of an ideal of work in English writing which runs parallel to that of the Protestant work ethic. The author has called this the myth of vocation: work is seen as the primary source of self-definition, psychic integration and fulfilment.