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Autore |
McKee Patricia <1945-> |
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Public and private [[electronic resource] ] : gender, class, and the British novel (1764-1878) / / Patricia McKee |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1997 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism |
Social problems in literature |
Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 18th century |
English fiction - 18th century - History and criticism |
Capitalism and literature - Great Britain - History |
Production functions (Economic theory) in literature |
Consumption (Economics) in literature |
Social classes in literature |
Sex role in literature |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-237) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Models of Stability: Production and Consumption in Humphry Clinker and The Castle of Otranto; 2. Productions of Knowledge: Emma and Frankenstein; 3. The Emptied Subject of Public Knowledge: The Old Curiosity Shop; 4. Public Knowledge, Common Knowledge, and Classifications of Will: Barchester Towers and Little Dorrit; 5. Gender as Order in Public and Private: East Lynne; 6. Naturalizing Class and Gender Distinctions: The Return of the Native; Conclusion; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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By addressing novels such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Jane Austen's Emma through the lens of the theories of Jürgen Habermas and Michel Foucault, Patricia McKee explores the themes of production and consumption as they relate to gender and class. |
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