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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779716003321

Autore

MacKenzie Scott R. <1969->

Titolo

Be it ever so humble [[electronic resource] ] : poverty, fiction, and the invention of the middle-class home / / Scott R. MacKenzie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8139-3342-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize

Disciplina

823/.6093564

Soggetti

Home in literature

English fiction - 18th century - History and criticism

Middle class in literature

Nationalism in literature

Social structure - England - History - 18th century

Poverty - Government policy - England

English literature - Scottish authors - History and criticism

Literature and society - History - 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: There's no case like home -- "Stock the parish with beauties": Henry Fielding's parochial vision -- An Englishwoman's workhouse is her castle: poverty management and the Radcliffean gothic -- Home and away: hegemony and naturalization -- There's no home-like place: out of doors in Scotland -- Conclusion: this home is not a house.