Women's domestic activity in the Romantic-period novel, 1770-1820 : dangerous occupations/

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Author / Creator:Morrissey, Joseph author.
Imprint:Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave macmillan, [2018]
©2018
Description:ix, 225 pages ; 22 cm
Language:English
Subject:Smith, Charlotte, -- 1749-1806.
Austen, Jane, -- 1775-1817.
Burney, Fanny, -- 1752-1840.
Austen, Jane, -- 1775-1817.
Burney, Fanny, -- 1752-1840.
Smith, Charlotte, -- 1749-1806.
English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Romance fiction -- History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Home in literature.
English fiction.
English fiction -- Women authors.
Home in literature.
Romance-language fiction.
Women in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11464414
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ISBN:3319703552
9783319703558
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:This book examines women's domestic occupations in the Romantic-period novel at the most intimately human level. By examining the momentary throught and feeling processes that informed the playing of a harp, the stitching of a dress, or the reading of a gothic novel, the books shifts the focus from women's socio-cultural contributions through domestic endeavor to how women's day-to-day tasks shaped experiences of joy, friendship, resentment, and self. Through an understanding of domestic occupations as forms of human action, the study empasises the inherent unpredictability of quotidian activities and draws attention to their capacity for exceeding cultural parameters. Specifically, the book examines neelework, musical accomplishment, novel reading, and sensibility in the work of Charlotte Smith, Jane Austen, and Francis Burney, giving new perspectives on established canonical works while also providing the most sustained analysis of Charlotte Smith's little studied novel, Ethelinde, to date--back cover.

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