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Author:

MacKenzie, Scott R., 1969-

Title:

Be it ever so humble : poverty, fiction, and the invention of the middle-class home / Scott R. MacKenzie.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

x, 292 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Home in literature.
English fiction--18th century--History and criticism.
Middle class in literature.
Nationalism in literature.
Social structure--England--History--18th century.
Poverty--Government policy--England.
English literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Literature and society--History--18th century.

Notes:

Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: There's no case like home -- "Stock the parish with beauties": Henry Fielding's parochial vision -- An Englishwoman's workhouse is her castle: poverty management and the Radcliffean gothic -- Home and away: hegemony and naturalization -- There's no home-like place: out of doors in Scotland -- Conclusion: this home is not a house.

ISBN:

0813933420 (e-book)
9780813933429 (e-book)
0813933412 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813933412 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)796001899

LCCN:

2012022706

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)