Domestic Space in Eighteenth-Century British Novels [electronic resource] /
Lipsedge, Karen.author.
Examining the work of three authors: Richardson, Haywood and Burney, and their representation of domestic space, this book argues that to make such spaces accessible to modern readers they need to have information of the real domestic. By recreating specifics of these spaces this book innervates the fictional domestic interior for modern readers.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 'At Home'; 2 Social Rooms; 3 Private Rooms; 4 Garden Rooms; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Examining the work of three authors: Richardson, Haywood and Burney, and their representation of domestic space, this book argues that to make such spaces accessible to modern readers they need to have information of the real domestic. By recreating specifics of these spaces this book innervates the fictional domestic interior for modern readers.
Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761
Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?-1756
Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840
Sheridan, Frances Chamberlaine, 1724-1766
British literature.
Literature, Modern—18th century.
Literature—Philosophy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Literature, Modern—19th century.
British and Irish Literature.
Eighteenth-Century Literature.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.