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.
Auteur(s): Wallace, Anne D.
Editeur: Anthem Press
Collection: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series
Année de Publication: 2018
pages: 216
Langue: Anglais
ISBN: 978-1-78308-845-4
eISBN: 978-1-78308-846-1