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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819564403321

Autore

McKee Patricia <1945->

Titolo

Public and private : gender, class, and the British novel (1764-1878) / / Patricia McKee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1997

ISBN

0-8166-8803-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

823.009/355

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-237) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.