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Immaterial Labors: Ishiguro, Class, and Affect
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July 1, 2007
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Mr. Stevens's Generation
For we were, as I say, an idealistic generation....
Mr. Stevens, The Remains of the Day
Why does Mr. Stevens choose to speak for a generation? He does so more than once, in a chapter where he also describes the "dignity" essential to the career trajec
tories of progressive butlers like himself: "For our generation ... viewed the world not as a ladder, but more as a wheel... revolving with these great houses at the hub, their mighty decisions emanating out to all else, rich and poor, who revolved around them" (Remains 115). Even given his much-discussed, naively blinkered perspective on the world, Stevens should know better than this; extolling the moral rectitude and ...
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