| Description |
viii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Literature in history
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Literature in history (Princeton, N.J.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: the trouble with families -- The trials of Caroline Norton: poetry, publicity, and the prime minister -- The young queen and the parliamentary bedchamber: "I never saw a man so frightened" -- Sarah Stickney ellis: the ardent woman and the abject wife -- Tom's pinch: the sexual serpent beside the Dickensian fireside -- Love after death: the deceased wife's sister bill -- The transvestite, the bloomer, and the nightingale -- On the parapets of privacy: walls of wealth and dispossession -- Robert Kerr: The Gentleman's House and the one-room solution -- The empire of divorce: single women, the bill of 1857, and revolt in India -- Bigamy and modernity: the case of Mary Elizabeth Braddon -- Epilogue: between manual and spectacle. |
| Subject |
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English literature. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Home in literature.
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Home in literature. |
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Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Literature and history. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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Public opinion -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Public opinion. |
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Privacy -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Privacy. |
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Families -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Families. |
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Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
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Families in literature.
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Families in literature. |
| Added Author |
Levenson, Michael H. (Michael Harry), 1951-
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| ISBN |
0691006687 cloth alkaline paper |
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