Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England - Hardcover

Vickery, Amanda

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300154534 ISBN 13: 9780300154535

Verlag: Yale University Press, 2009

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Book by Vickery Amanda

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"Some of the considerable achievements of this important book are Vickery's sheer mastery of the sources, the originality of her materials and methodology, and the provocations contained in her seductive prose." -- Helen Berry, "Reviews in History" --Helen Berry "Reviews in History " Some of the considerable achievements of this important book are Vickery s sheer mastery of the sources, the originality of her materials and methodology, and the provocations contained in her seductive prose. Helen Berry, "Reviews in History" --Helen Berry "Reviews in History "" Shortlisted for the 2009 Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History: "Behind Closed Doors" was highly commended by the judges of the Hessell-Tiltman prizeand described as "outstanding in every way."--Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History "English PEN "" "Comparison between Vickery and Jane Austen is irresistible. . . This book is almost too pleasurable, in that Vickery's style and delicious nosiness conceal some seriously weighty scholarship." Lisa Hilton, "The Independent" --Lisa Hilton"The Independent" (12/06/2009)" If until now the Georgian home has been like a monochrome engraving, Vickery has made it three dimensional and vibrantly colored." Behind Closed Doors" demonstrates that rigorous academic work can also be nosy, gossipy, and utterly engaging. Andrea Wulf, "New York Times Book Review" "" --Andrea Wulf"New York Times Book Review" (12/16/2009)" "If until now the Georgian home has been like a monochrome engraving, Vickery has made it three dimensional and vibrantly colored." Behind Closed Doors" demonstrates that rigorous academic work can also be nosy, gossipy, and utterly engaging."--Andrea Wulf, "New York Times Book Review" "" --Andrea Wulf"New York Times Book Review" (12/16/2009)

Reseña del editor:

In this brilliant new work, Amanda Vickery unlocks the homes of Georgian England to examine the lives of the people who lived there. Writing with her customary wit and verve, she introduces us to men and women from all walks of life: gentlewoman Anne Dormer in her stately Oxfordshire mansion, bachelor clerk and future novelist Anthony Trollope in his dreary London lodgings, genteel spinsters keeping up appearances in two rooms with yellow wallpaper, servants with only a locking box to call their own. Vickery makes ingenious use of upholsterer's ledgers, burglary trials, and other unusual sources to reveal the roles of house and home in economic survival, social success, and political representation during the long eighteenth century. Through the spread of formal visiting, the proliferation of affordable ornamental furnishings, the commercial celebration of feminine artistry at home, and the currency of the language of taste, even modest homes turned into arenas of social campaign and exhibition.

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• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0300154534
• ISBN 13: 9780300154535
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400