{"product_id":"life-in-the-iron-mills-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Life in the Iron Mills: And Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Harding Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTillie Olsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKim Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecovered for a new generation of feminist readers, this revolutionary depiction of the American working poor was one of the first literary critiques of industrial capitalism by a nineteenth-century proletarian.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1861 in the\u003cem\u003e Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e, \"Life in the Iron Mills\" remains a classic of proletarian literature that paints a bleak and incisive portrait of nineteenth-century industrial America. Rebecca Harding Davis was one of the first writers to depict a working class that was exploited and exhausted as capitalism's mills and factories destroyed both the natural environment and the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavis's work was first recovered in the 1970s by the Feminist Press and writer Tillie Olsen, and then expanded in the 1980s to be the most comprehensive collection of her work to date. This reissued edition includes an updated critical introduction by labor journalist Kim Kelly, and shares a uniquely prescient capitalist critique with a new generation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Harding Davis\u003c\/strong\u003e (1831-1910) was an American author and journalist, and a pioneer of literary realism in American literature. Her seminal work \u003cem\u003eLife in the Iron Mills\u003c\/em\u003e originally published in \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e in 1861, gaining her immediate acclaim. Lauded as \"a brave new voice\" by both Louisa May Alcott and Ralph Waldo Emerson, Davis held a prolific career with over 500 published works, including \"Waiting for the Verdict,\" \u003cem\u003eJohn Andross\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSilhouettes of American Life\u003c\/em\u003e, and worked as an editor for the\u003cem\u003e New York Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e. Though she fell out of public knowledge by her death, Davis was reintroduced to the literary circles in the 1970s by feminist writer Tillie Olsen, re-emphasizing her heavy significance to American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTillie Olsen\u003c\/strong\u003e (1912-2007) was an American writer, activist, editor, and part of the first generation of American feminists. Her most notable works include \"Tell Me a Riddle,\" \u003cem\u003eYonondio: From the Thirties\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSilences\u003c\/em\u003e. She was awarded nine honorary degrees, National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKim Kelly\u003c\/strong\u003e is the labor columnist for \u003cem\u003eTeen Vogue\u003c\/em\u003e and a columnist on labor and class at the \u003cem\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/em\u003e. Her writing on labor, politics, and culture have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eBaffler\u003c\/em\u003e, and many others. She is a proud member of and councilperson for the Writers Guild of America, East, and has been active in multiple organizing and contract campaigns since 2015. She is currently based in Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 18, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47398042697906,"sku":"9781936932887","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/f0a3cb5a6e042013b0c8f488f82989a5.webp?v=1778042594","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/life-in-the-iron-mills-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}