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Author

MacKenzie, Scott R., 1969-

Title Be it ever so humble [electronic resource] : poverty, fiction, and the invention of the middle-class home / Scott R. MacKenzie.

Imprint

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	x, 292 p.
Series	Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: There's no case like home -- "Stock the parish with beauties": Henry Fielding's parochial vision -- An Englishwoman's workhouse is her castle: poverty management and the Radcliffean gothic -- Home and away: hegemony and naturalization -- There's no home-like place: out of doors in Scotland -- Conclusion: this home is not a house.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Home in literature.
	English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
	Middle class in literature.
	Nationalism in literature.
	Social structure -- England -- History -- 18th century.
	Poverty -- Government policy -- England.
	English literature -- Scottish authors -- History and criticism.
	Literature and society -- History -- 18th century.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
Added Title	Poverty, fiction, and the invention of the middle-class home
ISBN	9780813933412 (cloth alk. paper)
	9780813933429 (electronic bk.)