Women's Domestic Activity in the Romantic-Period Novel, 1770-1820: Dangerous Occupations

ISBN-13: 9783319703558 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 225 str.

Joseph Morrissey

Opis

This book examines women's domestic occupations in the Romantic-period novel at the most intimately human level.

Recenzje

"Morrissey's discussion of the domestic occupations of women's lives during this period remains an important addition to this body of literature. By connecting the varied forms of activity women engaged with, the author successfully argues for a complex and nuanced understanding of accomplishments, one that interrupts 'hierarchical binaries between work and leisure, productive and non-productive, and public and domestic' ... ." (Freya Gowrley, Eighteenth Century Fiction, Vol. 33 (3), 2021)

Spis treści

1. Introduction.

2. Needlework in Charlotte Smith's The Old Manor House and Jane Austen's Mansfield Park.

3. Musical Accomplishment in Frances Burney's The Wanderer.

4. Reading Novels in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey.

5. Sensibility in Charlotte Smith's Ethelinde.

6. Conclusion.

O autorze

Joseph Morrissey is lecturer in literature and academic writing at Coventry University, UK. He has previously published essays on Charlotte Smith and discourses of emotions.