Be It Ever So Humble
Poverty, Fiction, and the Invention of the Middle-Class Home
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British
| Author: | Scott R. MacKenzie | ISBN: | 9780813933429 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press | Publication: | February 20, 2013 |
| Imprint: | University of Virginia Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Scott R. MacKenzie |
| ISBN: | 9780813933429 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press |
| Publication: | February 20, 2013 |
| Imprint: | University of Virginia Press |
| Language: | English |
The author posits that the middle-class private home was first invented for the poor; only after testing its social, moral, and aesthetic components did the middle class appropriate it for themselves. Thus, the late eighteenth century proves to be a watershed moment in the home's conceptual life, one that comprises a remarkably rich and complex set of cultural ideas and images.
The author posits that the middle-class private home was first invented for the poor; only after testing its social, moral, and aesthetic components did the middle class appropriate it for themselves. Thus, the late eighteenth century proves to be a watershed moment in the home's conceptual life, one that comprises a remarkably rich and complex set of cultural ideas and images.
