The Spectacle of Intimacy : A Public Life for the Victorian Family /

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Love of home life, the intimate moments a family peacefully enjoyed in seclusion, had long been considered a hallmark of English character even before the Victorian era. But the Victorians attached unprecedented importance to domesticity, romanticizing the family in every medium from novels to gover...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Chase, Karen, 1952-
Otros Autores: Levenson, Michael H. (Michael Harry), 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2000.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Victoriaanse tijd.
Literaire teksten.
Sensatie.
Openbaarheid.
Gezin.
Persoonlijke levenssfeer.
Public opinion.
Privacy.
Literature and history.
Home in literature.
Families in literature.
Families.
English literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Familles dans la litterature.
Familles > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Vie privee > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Opinion publique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Litterature et histoire > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Foyer dans la litterature.
Litterature anglaise > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Families > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Privacy > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Public opinion > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Literature and history > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1837-1901 (Victoria)
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1837-1901 (Vic.)
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the trouble with families
  • The trials of Caroline Norton: poetry, publicity, and the prime minister
  • The young queen and the parliamentary bedchamber: "I never saw a man so frightened"
  • Sarah Stickney ellis: the ardent woman and the abject wife
  • Tom's pinch: the sexual serpent beside the Dickensian fireside
  • Love after death: the deceased wife's sister bill
  • The transvestite, the bloomer, and the nightingale
  • On the parapets of privacy: walls of wealth and dispossession
  • Robert Kerr: The Gentleman's House and the one-room solution
  • The empire of divorce: single women, the bill of 1857, and revolt in India
  • Bigamy and modernity: the case of Mary Elizabeth Braddon
  • Epilogue: between manual and spectacle.

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