Adventures in domesticity : gender and colonial adulteration in eighteenth-century British literatur...
Adventures in domesticity : gender and colonial adulteration in eighteenth-century British literatur...
Adventures in domesticity : gender and colonial adulteration in eighteenth-century British literature / by Sharon Harrow.
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New York : AMS Press, c2004.
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N823.50935/3
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English
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Physical content
vii, 265 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. "Homely adventures" : domesticity, adulteration, and cultural mixing in Daniel Defoe's Captain Singleton -- 2. Domesticating the colonial heart : sentimentalizing colonial difference in Richard Cumberland's The West Indian -- 3. Domesticating the colony : dramatizing domesticity in women's travel...
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New York : AMS Press, c2004.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c2004.
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"In the eighteenth century, wealth from colonial exploitation swelled the British homeland. This embarrassment of riches spelled contamination for many, a threat to the very meaning of Englishness. Harrow argues that literature responded to concerns over legitimacy, adulteration, and national identity by turning to domestic narratives. By reading t...
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Adventures in domesticity : gender and colonial adulteration in eighteenth-century British literature / by Sharon Harrow.
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[AMS studies in the eighteenth century ; no. 45]
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-260) and index.
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c2004.
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N823.50935/3
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74VKd3J44WqA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKd3J44WqA
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0404635458 (hbk. alk. paper)
9780404635459 (acid-free paper)
0404635458 (acid-free paper)
9780404635459 (alk. paper)
0404635458 (alk. paper)
9780404635459 (hbk. alk. paper)
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823.509355
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991019935979702626
