Author: | E. Steere | ISBN: | 9781137365262 |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | October 30, 2013 |
Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
Author: | E. Steere |
ISBN: | 9781137365262 |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Publication: | October 30, 2013 |
Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Language: | English |
The Female Servant and Sensation Fiction: 'Kitchen Literature' explores why Victorian sensation fiction was derided as literature fit only for maids and cooks and how the depictions of fictional female domestics, from Jane Eyre to Neo-Victorian novels, reflect contemporary social concerns about the blurring of the boundaries of class and gender.
The Female Servant and Sensation Fiction: 'Kitchen Literature' explores why Victorian sensation fiction was derided as literature fit only for maids and cooks and how the depictions of fictional female domestics, from Jane Eyre to Neo-Victorian novels, reflect contemporary social concerns about the blurring of the boundaries of class and gender.