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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 | ||||
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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 |
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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 | ||||
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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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