The Female Servant and Sensation Fiction
'Kitchen Literature'
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British
| 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.
