Public and Private : Gender, Class, and the British Novel (1764-1878) /

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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.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: McKee, Patricia, 1945- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1997.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Social problems in literature.
Social classes in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Literature and society.
English fiction.
Consumption (Economics) in literature.
Capitalism and literature.
Production (Economic theory) in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Roman anglais > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la litterature.
Classes sociales dans la litterature.
Societe de consommation dans la litterature.
Production dans la litterature.
Capitalisme et litterature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Roman anglais > 18e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature et societe > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Litterature et societe > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Problemes sociaux dans la litterature.
Production functions (Economic theory) in literature.
Capitalism and literature > Great Britain > History.
English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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