Public and private : gender, class, and the British novel (1764-1878) / Patricia McKee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKee, Patricia, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Social problems in literature.

Literature and society--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Literature and society.

Literature and society--Great Britain--History--18th century.

English fiction--18th century--History and criticism.

Capitalism and literature--Great Britain--History.

Capitalism and literature.

Production functions (Economic theory) in literature.

Consumption (Economics) in literature.

Social classes in literature.

Sex role in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Public & private

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By addressing novels such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Jane Austen's Emma through the lens of the theories of Jürgen Habermas and Michel Foucault, Patricia McKee explores the themes of production and consumption as they relate to gender and class.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Models of Stability: Production and Consumption in Humphry Clinker and The Castle of Otranto; 2. Productions of Knowledge: Emma and Frankenstein; 3. The Emptied Subject of Public Knowledge: The Old Curiosity Shop; 4. Public Knowledge, Common Knowledge, and Classifications of Will: Barchester Towers and Little Dorrit; 5. Gender as Order in Public and Private: East Lynne; 6. Naturalizing Class and Gender Distinctions: The Return of the Native; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-237) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8803-6

OCLC:

476094306