Record Nr.

UNINA9910779918203321

Autore

Tadmor Naomi

Titolo

Family and friends in eighteenth-century England : household, kinship, and patronage / / Naomi Tadmor [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001

ISBN


1-107-11929-4
0-521-03973-8
0-511-49609-5
1-280-15466-7
0-511-15413-5
0-511-11835-X
0-511-04953-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 312 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

306.85/0942/09033

Soggetti

Patronage, Political - England - History - 18th century

Households - England - History - 18th century

Friendship - England - History - 18th century

Kinship - England - History - 18th century

Families - England - History - 18th century

England Social life and customs 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-302) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The concept of the household-family -- 2. The concept of the household-family in novels and conduct treatises -- 3. The concept of the lineage-family -- 4. The language of kinship -- 5. Friends -- 6. Political friends -- 7. Ideas about friendship and the constructions of friendship in literary texts.

Sommario/riassunto

This 2001 book concerns the history of the family in eighteenth-century England. Naomi Tadmor provides an interpretation of concepts of household, family and kinship starting from her analysis of contemporary language (in the diaries of Thomas Turner; in conduct treatises by Samuel Richardson and Eliza Haywood; in three novels, Richardson's Pamela and Clarissa and Haywood's The History of Miss

Betsy Thoughtless and a variety of other sources). Naomi Tadmor emphasises the importance of the household in constructing notions of the family in the eighteenth century. She uncovers a vibrant language of kinship which recasts our understanding of kinship ties in the period. She also shows how strong ties of 'friendship' formed vital social, economic and political networks among kin and non-kin. Family and Friends in Eighteenth-Century England makes a substantial contribution to eighteenth-century history, and will be of value to all historians and literary scholars of the period.