The Tartarus of Maids
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"The Tartarus of Maids" is the second, factory-set section of Herman Melville’s paired short work "The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids," depicting the dehumanizing conditions of young women laboring in an industrial paper mill.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Herman Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | The Paradise of Bachelors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticizes |
gendered division of labor
ⓘ
industrial capitalism ⓘ |
| depicts |
harsh factory conditions
ⓘ
monotonous machine labor ⓘ young women working in a paper mill ⓘ |
| explores | relationship between leisure-class men and working-class women ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1855 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Harper’s New Monthly Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
industrial fiction
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short fiction ⓘ social critique ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | The Piazza Tales (some editions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
allegory
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irony ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
alienation in industrial capitalism
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class and gender inequality ⓘ dehumanization of labor ⓘ exploitation of women workers ⓘ industrialization ⓘ mechanization and loss of individuality ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | paired with The Paradise of Bachelors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pairedWith | The Paradise of Bachelors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
industrial paper mill
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rural New England ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
hellish underworld for working women
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tartarus-like industrial environment ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | nineteenth century ⓘ |
| tone |
critical
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grim ⓘ |
| workTitleRelation | forms a thematic contrast with The Paradise of Bachelors ⓘ |
| workTypeRelation | second section of a diptych ⓘ |
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