Steedman, Carolyn (2005) Poetical maids and cooks who wrote. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.39 (No.1). pp. 1-27. ISSN 0013-2586.

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Abstract

Focusing on the poetry of Elizabeth Hands (fl.1789), this article discusses the relationship of poetry to labor (in particular the work of cookmaids) in eighteenth-century England. Domestic service is discussed in relationship to literacy, and to the reading and writing experiences of eighteenth-century plebeian children. It considers recent theoretical developments in economic history and in socio-linguistics, in order to consider their usefulness for uncovering experience of life, labor and literature in the past.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Women household employees -- Poetry, Women household employees -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century, Hands, Elizabeth, Literacy -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Journal or Publication Title:	Eighteenth-Century Studies
Publisher:	The Johns Hopkins University Press
ISSN:	0013-2586
Official Date:	2005
Dates:	Date Event 2005 Published
Volume:	Vol.39
Number:	No.1
Number of Pages:	151
Page Range:	pp. 1-27
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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