Sisters and the English Household: Domesticity and Women's Autonomy in Nineteenth-Century English Literature
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Sisters and the English Household: Domesticity and Women's Autonomy in Nineteenth-Century English Literature
By (Author) Anne D. Wallace
Anthem Press
Anthem Press
18th September 2018
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
820/.9352652
Physical Properties
Hardback
214
Width 153mm, Height 229mm, Spine 26mm
454g
Description
Sisters and the English Household revalues unmarried adult sisters in nineteenth-century English literature as positive figures of legal and economic autonomy representing productive labour in the domestic space. As a crucial site of contested values, the adult unmarried sister carries the discursive weight of sustained public debates about ideals of domesticity in nineteenth-century England.
Author Bio
Anne D. Wallace is professor of English at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, USA. The author of Walking, Literature, and English Culture (1993), Wallace has also published articles on John Clare, Charlotte Smith, Dorothy and William Wordsworth, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
