The Spectacle of Intimacy : : A Public Life for the Victorian Family / / Karen Chase, Michael Levenson.
Love of home life, the intimate moments a family peacefully enjoyed in seclusion, had long been considered a hallmark of English character even before the Victorian era. But the Victorians attached unprecedented importance to domesticity, romanticizing the family in every medium from novels to gover...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Edition: | Core Textbook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Literature in History
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Introduction: The Trouble with Families
- PART ONE: The Political Theater of Domesticity
- PART TWO: Beneath the Banner of Home
- PART THREE: Was That an Angel in the House?
- PART FOUR: The Architecture of Comfort and Ruin
- PART FIVE: The Sensations of Respectability
- EPILOGUE: Between Manual and Spectacle
- Notes
- Index