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Author:

Robertson, Lisa C., author.

Title:

Home and identity in nineteenth-century literary London / Lisa C. Robertson.

Publisher:

Edinburgh University Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xii, 215 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

1800-1899
English literature--London--London--History and criticism.
English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Home in literature.
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
Dwellings--England--History--19th century.
History.
Dwellings.
English literature.
Home in literature.
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
Literature.
Manners and customs.
London (England)--In literature.
London (England)--Social life and customs--19th century.
England.
England--London.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 196 - 210) and index.

Contents:

Structures of authority: the Model Dwellings movement -- Chambers, lodgings and flats: purpose-built housing for working women -- 'Thinking men' and thinking women: gender, sexuality and settlement housing -- Homes for a new era: London housing past and present -- Epilogue.

Series:

Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture

ISBN:

1474457886
9781474457880

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1173542303

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)