Family and Friends in Eighteenth-Century England: Household, Kinship and PatronageThis 2001 book concerns the history of the family in eighteenth-century England. Naomi Tadmor provides an interpretation of concepts of household, family and kinship starting from her analysis of contemporary language (in the diaries of Thomas Turner; in conduct treatises by Samuel Richardson and Eliza Haywood; in three novels, Richardson's Pamela and Clarissa and Haywood's The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless and a variety of other sources). Naomi Tadmor emphasises the importance of the household in constructing notions of the family in the eighteenth century. She uncovers a vibrant language of kinship which recasts our understanding of kinship ties in the period. She also shows how strong ties of 'friendship' formed vital social, economic and political networks among kin and non-kin. Family and Friends in Eighteenth-Century England makes a substantial contribution to eighteenth-century history, and will be of value to all historians and literary scholars of the period. |
Contents
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1 The concept of the householdfamily | 18 |
2 The concept of the householdfamily in novels and conduct treatises | 44 |
3 The concept of the lineagefamily | 73 |
4 The language of kinship | 103 |
5 Friends | 167 |
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Common terms and phrases
apprentice Betsy's BL Add brother Cambridge century Clarissa concept context cousin Cressy cultural daughter described Duke of Newcastle Duke's E. A. Wrigley E. P. Thompson early modern England East Hoathly eighteenth eighteenth-century England Eliza Haywood emphasised English Society ESRO example father Framfield Halland Haywood History of Miss Houlbrooke household-family husband Ibid important J. H. Plumb John kinship terms language of friendship language of kinship Laslett Lewes lineage lineage-family London Macfarlane marriage married middling sort Miss Betsy Thoughtless Miss Forward mother neighbours nephew networks Newcastle Papers notions novel nuclear family Oxford Pamela parish Pelham family political Ralph Josselin recognised references relationships Samuel Richardson Scrace select friends Servant-Maid servants seventeenth siblings significant sister social structure Sussex terminology texts Thomas Turner treatise Trueworth Turner's diary uncle usages Vade Mecum Vaisey Verrall wife wife's Wrightson