Be It Ever So Humble

Poverty, Fiction, and the Invention of the Middle-Class Home

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British
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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.

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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.

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