Title Domestic space in eighteenth-century British novels / Karen Lipsedge

Published Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (232 pages) : 9 black and white, halftones Contents 'At Home' -- Social Rooms -- Private Rooms -- Garden Rooms -- Conclusion Summary Examining the work of three authors: Richardson, Haywood and Burney, and their representation of domestic space, this book argues that to make such spaces accessible to modern readers they need to have information of the real domestic. By recreating specifics of these spaces this book innervates the fictional domestic interior for modern readers. Domestic Space in Eighteenth-Century British Novels focuses on six novels: Richardson's three novels, Pamela; The History of Clarissa Harlowe and The History of Sir Charles Grandison; Haywood's The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless; Sheridan's Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, and Burney's Evelina. At the heart of these novels is the Georgian house and garden of the polite elite; specifically, the heroine's experience of the domestic life of her living space. This book argues that to make the houses and gardens represented in these novels accessible to the modern reader, he or she needs to have information of the 'real' domestic. By recreating the structure, design, function and social significance of specific rooms and garden buildings, and the ways of life they facilitated, Domestic Space in Eighteenth-Century British Novels does more than just provides that information. This book brings the fictional domestic interior to life for the modern reader. The book also sheds new light on two relatively unexplored areas. Firstly, it indicates how early to late eighteenth-century conceptions of the domestic interior, including notions of gendered space, and the distinction between social, family and private domestic arenas, can give insight into fictional representations of the domestic interior. Secondly, the book reveals whether contemporary discourse on the relationship between women and domestic space influenced how interiors were represented in the novels of the period Notes Electronic book text Epublication based on: 9780230355279, 2012 List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 'At Home' Social Rooms Private Rooms Garden Rooms Conclusion Bibliography Index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes KAREN LIPSEDGE is the Acting Director of Studies for English Literature and Creative Writing at Kingston University, UK, and has written on the representation of the domestic interior in eighteenth-century British novels Subject Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761 -- Criticism and interpretation Haywood, Eliza Fowler. -- Criticism and interpretation Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840 -- Criticism and interpretation Sheridan, Frances Chamberlaine, 1724-1766 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840 fast Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761 fast Sheridan, Frances Chamberlaine, 1724-1766 fast Subject English fiction -- History and criticism -- 18th century Domestic space in literature. Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers -- English. Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 -- English. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Literature. Domestic space in literature English fiction Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781137283504 1137283505

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