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Public and private : gender, class, and the British novel (1764-1878)
- Title
- Public and private : gender, class, and the British novel (1764-1878) / Patricia McKee.
- Author
- McKee, Patricia, 1945-
- Publication
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | PR868.S62 M35 1997 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- ix, 243 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- This groundbreaking work examines the emergent and fluctuating relationship between the public and private social spheres of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. By assessing novels such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Jane Austen's Emma through the lens of the social theories of Jurgen Habermas and Michel Foucault, Patricia McKee presents a fresh and highly original contribution to literary studies. McKee analyzes portrayals of a society in which abstract idealism belonged to knowledgeable, productive men and the realm of ignorance was left to emotional consuming women and the uneducated. Throughout, McKee highlights the unexpected configurations of the emergence of the public and private spheres and the effect of knowledge distributions across class and gender lines.
- Alternative Title
- Public & private
- Subject
- Andrae, A
- 1700-1899
- Geschichte 1764-1878
- 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 (Economic theory) in literature
- Consumption (Economics) in literature
- Public opinion in literature
- Social classes in literature
- Sex role in literature
- Privacy in literature
- Capitalism and literature
- Consumption (Economics) in literature
- English fiction
- Literature and society
- Privacy in literature
- Production (Economic theory) in literature
- Public opinion in literature
- Sex role in literature
- Social classes in literature
- Social problems in literature
- Englisch
- Geschlechterrolle
- Privatheit Motiv
- Privatheit
- Öffentlichkeit Motiv
- Öffentlichkeit
- Roman
- Gender roles
- Great Britain
- Englisch
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-237) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 081662934X
- 9780816629343
- 0816629358
- 9780816629350
- LCCN
- 96035350
- OCLC
- ocm35574509
- 35574509
- SCSB-505136
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library