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Home and identity in nineteenth-century literary London / Lisa C. Robertson.

By: Robertson, Lisa C [author.]Series: Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian cultureDescription: 215pISBN: 9781474457910; 9781474457903Subject(s): English literature -- England -- London -- History and criticism | English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism | Home in literature | Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature | Dwellings -- England -- History -- 19th century | London (England) -- In literature | London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th centuryDDC classification: 820.932421 Also issued in print format.
Contents:
Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; 1. Housing Crisis: Home and Identity in Nineteenth-Century Literary London; Part I: Structures of Authority: the Model Dwellings Movement; 2. 'Out of its Torpid Misery': Plotting Passivity in Margaret Harkness's A City Girl (1887); 3. 'More Making the Best of It': Living with Liberalism in Mary Ward's Marcella (1894); 4. Labour Leaders and Socialist Saviours: Individualism and Collectivism in Margaret Harkness's George Eastmont, Wanderer (1905); Part II: Chambers, Lodgings, and Flats: Purpose-built Housing for Working Women; 5. Irritating Rules and Oppressive Officials: Convention and Innovation in Evelyn Sharp's The Making of a Prig (1897); 6. The Kailyard Comes to London: The Progressive Potential of Romantic Convention in Annie S. Swan's A Victory Won (1895); 7. Fugitive Living: Social Mobility and Domestic Space in Julia Frankau's The Heart of a Child (1908); Part III: 'Thinking Men' and Thinking Women: Gender, Sexuality and Settlement Housing; 8. 'Vital Friendship': Sexual and Economic Ambivalence in Rhoda Broughton's Dear Faustina (1897); 9. 'Twenty Girls in My Attic': Spatial and Spiritual Conversion in L.T. Meade's A Princess of the Gutter (1895); Part IV: Homes for a New Era: London Housing Past and Present; 10. 'To Make a Garden of the Town': the Nineteenth-Century Legacy of the Hampstead Garden Suburb; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.
Acknowledgements List of Illustrations 1. Housing Crisis: Home and Identity in Nineteenth-Century Literary London Part I: Structures of Authority: the Model Dwellings Movement 2. 'Out of its Torpid Misery': Plotting Passivity in Margaret Harkness's A City Girl (1887)3. 'More Making the Best of It': Living with Liberalism in Mary Ward's Marcella (1894)4. Labour Leaders and Socialist Saviours: Individualism and Collectivism in Margaret Harkness's George Eastmont, Wanderer (1905) Part II: Chambers, Lodgings, and Flats: Purpose-built Housing for Working Women 5. Irritating Rules and Oppressive Officials: Convention and Innovation in Evelyn Sharp's The Making of a Prig (1897)6. The Kailyard Comes to London: The Progressive Potential of Romantic Convention in Annie S. Swan's A Victory Won (1895)7. Fugitive Living: Social Mobility and Domestic Space in Julia Frankau's The Heart of a Child (1908) Part III: 'Thinking Men' and Thinking Women: Gender, Sexuality and Settlement Housing 8. 'Vital Friendship': Sexual and Economic Ambivalence in Rhoda Broughton's Dear Faustina (1897)9. 'Twenty Girls in My Attic': Spatial and Spiritual Conversion in L.T. Meade's A Princess of the Gutter (1895) Part IV: Homes for a New Era: London Housing Past and Present 10. 'To Make a Garden of the Town': the Nineteenth-Century Legacy of the Hampstead Garden Suburb Epilogue Bibliography Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; 1. Housing Crisis: Home and Identity in Nineteenth-Century Literary London; Part I: Structures of Authority: the Model Dwellings Movement; 2. 'Out of its Torpid Misery': Plotting Passivity in Margaret Harkness's A City Girl (1887); 3. 'More Making the Best of It': Living with Liberalism in Mary Ward's Marcella (1894); 4. Labour Leaders and Socialist Saviours: Individualism and Collectivism in Margaret Harkness's George Eastmont, Wanderer (1905); Part II: Chambers, Lodgings, and Flats: Purpose-built Housing for Working Women; 5. Irritating Rules and Oppressive Officials: Convention and Innovation in Evelyn Sharp's The Making of a Prig (1897); 6. The Kailyard Comes to London: The Progressive Potential of Romantic Convention in Annie S. Swan's A Victory Won (1895); 7. Fugitive Living: Social Mobility and Domestic Space in Julia Frankau's The Heart of a Child (1908); Part III: 'Thinking Men' and Thinking Women: Gender, Sexuality and Settlement Housing; 8. 'Vital Friendship': Sexual and Economic Ambivalence in Rhoda Broughton's Dear Faustina (1897); 9. 'Twenty Girls in My Attic': Spatial and Spiritual Conversion in L.T. Meade's A Princess of the Gutter (1895); Part IV: Homes for a New Era: London Housing Past and Present; 10. 'To Make a Garden of the Town': the Nineteenth-Century Legacy of the Hampstead Garden Suburb; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

Acknowledgements List of Illustrations 1. Housing Crisis: Home and Identity in Nineteenth-Century Literary London Part I: Structures of Authority: the Model Dwellings Movement 2. 'Out of its Torpid Misery': Plotting Passivity in Margaret Harkness's A City Girl (1887)3. 'More Making the Best of It': Living with Liberalism in Mary Ward's Marcella (1894)4. Labour Leaders and Socialist Saviours: Individualism and Collectivism in Margaret Harkness's George Eastmont, Wanderer (1905) Part II: Chambers, Lodgings, and Flats: Purpose-built Housing for Working Women 5. Irritating Rules and Oppressive Officials: Convention and Innovation in Evelyn Sharp's The Making of a Prig (1897)6. The Kailyard Comes to London: The Progressive Potential of Romantic Convention in Annie S. Swan's A Victory Won (1895)7. Fugitive Living: Social Mobility and Domestic Space in Julia Frankau's The Heart of a Child (1908) Part III: 'Thinking Men' and Thinking Women: Gender, Sexuality and Settlement Housing 8. 'Vital Friendship': Sexual and Economic Ambivalence in Rhoda Broughton's Dear Faustina (1897)9. 'Twenty Girls in My Attic': Spatial and Spiritual Conversion in L.T. Meade's A Princess of the Gutter (1895) Part IV: Homes for a New Era: London Housing Past and Present 10. 'To Make a Garden of the Town': the Nineteenth-Century Legacy of the Hampstead Garden Suburb Epilogue Bibliography Index.

Also issued in print format.