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MacKenzie Scott R. <1969->
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Titolo: |
Be it ever so humble : poverty, fiction, and the invention of the middle-class home / / Scott R. MacKenzie
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Pubblicazione: | Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2013 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
Disciplina: | 823/.6093564 |
Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Thus, the late eighteenth century proves to be a watershed moment in home's conceptual life, one that produced a remarkably rich and complex set of cultural ideas and images. A 2014 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title. |
Altri titoli varianti: | Poverty, fiction, and the invention of the middle-class home |
Titolo autorizzato: | Be it ever so humble ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8139-3342-0 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910811988803321 |
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