Gender, Religion and Domesticity in the Novels of Rosa Nouchette Carey

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Problem of History -- The Author and the Reader as Subjects -- Stable Boundaries and Real Stakes: An Example from Carey's Work -- Lyotard and Other Theorists -- Rosa Carey and the Fiction Market of her Day -- 1 The Mad, the Bad and the Morbid -- The Lady is Not Mad -- 'Thoughts too long and too intensely fixed on one object -- 4a mixture of mental and bodily disorder and irritability -- Conclusion -- 2 Maiden Ladies -- Spinster of this Parish -- Part of a Domestic Establishment -- Domestic and Quasi-Domestic Employment -- Nurses' Homes and Homes from Home -- Conclusion -- 3 Women and Children Second -- Gentlemen may be Rude to their Sisters -- or, 'so like a girl -- The English Gentleman -- The Community of the Male -- Woman as Expert -- or, The Gentleman at Home -- Conclusion: Compensation, Comedy and Coping Strategies -- 4 Hearth and Home -- Representations and Realities -- Didactic Narratives of Domesticity -- The Role of Home-maker -- The Homemaker's Rewards, Punishment and Training -- The Parental Ethos -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- 5 Sentimental Heresies -- There's No Place Like 'Home -- ' ... on earth as it is in Heaven' -- Intimations of Immortality -- Their graves are green, they may be seen -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index