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Author McKee, Patricia, 1945- author.

Title Public and private : gender, class, and the British novel (1764-1878) / Patricia McKee
Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 243 pages)
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-237) and index
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Subject English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
Social problems in literature.
Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism
Capitalism and literature -- Great Britain -- History
Production functions (Economic theory) in literature
Consumption (Economics) in literature.
Social classes in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Production (Economic theory) in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory.
Production (Economic theory) in literature
Capitalism and literature
Consumption (Economics) in literature
English fiction
Literature and society
Sex role in literature
Social classes in literature
Social problems in literature
Great Britain
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780816688036
0816688036
Other Titles Public & private