Sisters and the English household : domesticity and women's autonomy in nineteenth-century English literature / Anne D. Wallace.
'Sisters and the English Household' revalues unmarried adult sisters in nineteenth-century English literature as positive figures of legal and economic autonomy representing productive labour in the domestic space. As a crucial site of contested values, the adult unmarried sister carries t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Anthem Press,
2018.
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| Series: | Anthem nineteenth-century series
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| Summary: | 'Sisters and the English Household' revalues unmarried adult sisters in nineteenth-century English literature as positive figures of legal and economic autonomy representing productive labour in the domestic space. As a crucial site of contested values, the adult unmarried sister carries the discursive weight of sustained public debates about ideals of domesticity in nineteenth-century England. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781783088461 178308846X 9781783088478 1783088478 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 27, 2018). |