The Operating Theater of Consent
Freedom and Interpretive Labor in George Saunders’s “Liberation Day”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9744653 |
|---|---|
| Authors | S Lee (0000-0001-9257-9643, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 59-79 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | LIT Literature Interpretation Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1043-6928 • E-ISSN: 1545-5866 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10436928.2025.2457031 |
| OpenAlex | W4409786322 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 28 |
It is not immediately obvious who or what is liberated in George Saunders’s 2022 story “Liberation Day.” When the story begins, the protagonist, Jeremy, is eagerly expecting to perform work that he
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |