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Author Straub, Kristina, 1951-

Title Domestic affairs : intimacy, eroticism, and violence between servants and masters in eighteenth-century Britain / Kristina Straub.

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 223 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-214) and index.
Contents The "servant problem" and the family -- "In the posture of children" : servants, family pedagogy, and sexuality -- Interpreting the woman servant : Pamela and Elizabeth Canning, 1740 to 1760 -- Dangerous intimacies : Roxana, Amy, and the crimes of Elizabeth Brownrigg, 1724 to 1767 -- Performing the manservant, 1730 to 1760 -- Men servants' sexuality in the novel, 1740 to 1794 -- Conclusion: Notes of a footman on "the servant problem," 1790.
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Subject English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
English literature.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Household employees in literature.
Household employees in literature.
Master and servant in literature.
Master and servant in literature.
Social classes in literature.
Social classes in literature.
Group identity in literature.
Group identity in literature.
Gender identity in literature.
Gender identity in literature.
Household employees -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
Household employees.
Great Britain.
Social conditions.
Families -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Families -- Economic aspects.
History.
Chronological Term 1700 - 1799
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Straub, Kristina, 1951- Domestic affairs. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009 9780801890499 (DLC) 2008014660 (OCoLC)221960687
ISBN 9780801895111 (electronic book)
0801895111 (electronic book)
9780801890499 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0801890497 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)