Public and Private: Gender, Class, and the British Novel (1764-1878)U of Minnesota Press, 1997 - 243 páginas This groundbreaking work examines the emergent and fluctuating relationship between the public and private social spheres of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. By assessing novels such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Jane Austen's Emma through the lens of the social theories of Jurgen Habermas and Michel Foucault, Patricia McKee presents a fresh and highly original contribution to literary studies. |
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... debate , carried out through early novels , that refigures ques- tions of truth and virtue into conflicts of , on the one hand , romance versus history and , on the other , aristocratic rank versus moral charac- ter . In both cases ...
... debate , carried out through early novels , that refigures ques- tions of truth and virtue into conflicts of , on the one hand , romance versus history and , on the other , aristocratic rank versus moral charac- ter . In both cases ...
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... debate ; but his emphasis is on the common dependence of public and private spheres on a ra- tional , autonomous subjectivity . Like Armstrong , Habermas sees the public sphere dependent on domestic life ; but he does 8 INTRODUCTION.
... debate ; but his emphasis is on the common dependence of public and private spheres on a ra- tional , autonomous subjectivity . Like Armstrong , Habermas sees the public sphere dependent on domestic life ; but he does 8 INTRODUCTION.
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... debate in public by private persons . He distin- guishes the public spheres of the eighteenth century from political ... debate . In public forums such as coffeehouses and later in the press , critical debate took place , " ignited by ...
... debate in public by private persons . He distin- guishes the public spheres of the eighteenth century from political ... debate . In public forums such as coffeehouses and later in the press , critical debate took place , " ignited by ...
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... debate alike . On the one hand , commodity owners could view themselves as autonomous . To the degree that they were emancipated from governmental directives and controls , they made decisions freely in accord with standards of ...
... debate alike . On the one hand , commodity owners could view themselves as autonomous . To the degree that they were emancipated from governmental directives and controls , they made decisions freely in accord with standards of ...
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... debate to rule became dubious , given conflicting interests of an expanding " public , " the liberal theory of a self - regulating economy was also rendered dubious . Individual interests clearly were able to gain enough power to ...
... debate to rule became dubious , given conflicting interests of an expanding " public , " the liberal theory of a self - regulating economy was also rendered dubious . Individual interests clearly were able to gain enough power to ...
Contenido
Emma and Frankenstein | 47 |
Public Knowledge Common Knowledge | 113 |
East Lynne | 152 |
Conclusion | 219 |
Index | 239 |
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Public and Private: Gender, Class, and the British Novel (1764-1878) Patricia McKee Vista previa limitada - 1997 |
Public and Private: Gender, Class, and the British Novel (1764-1878) Patricia McKee Sin vista previa disponible - 1997 |
Public and Private: Gender, Class, and the British Novel (1764-1878) Patricia McKee Sin vista previa disponible - 1997 |
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