Eighteenth-Century Culture and the Ideology of Domesticity
by
Marilyn Francus
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Although credited with the rise of domesticity, eighteenth-century British culture singularly lacked narratives of good mothers, ostensibly the most domestic of females. With startling frequency, the best mother was absent, disembodied, voiceless, or dead. British culture told tales almost exclusively...