Sites of Servant Memory in the English Country House: Frederick Gorst and the Gladstone Vase
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DOI: 10.1080/14484528.2018.1564216
Abstract: ABSTRACT The everyday handling of objects is an often-overlooked aspect of an English country house servant's duties. However, the care of precious objects is occasionally recorded in servants’ memoirs, turning them into literary sites of… read more here.
Keywords: vase; gladstone; country; memory ... See more keywords
The modern country house as a Jewish form: a proposition
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DOI: 10.1080/14725886.2019.1664018
Abstract: ABSTRACT Although the vast majority of modern country houses built or refurbished in the long nineteenth century were owned by non-Jews, Jews owned some of the most magnificent. Thus, these dwellings pose the same question… read more here.
Keywords: house jewish; modern country; country houses; country ... See more keywords
Book Review: Women of the Country House in Ireland, 1860–1914 by Maeve O’Riordan
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DOI: 10.1177/03631990221080065
Abstract: amended. The carefully collected evidence upholds most of what we know about the early modern landed family. The organization by relationship rather than theme makes for some repetition and confusion and prevents more wide ranging… read more here.
Keywords: women country; review women; book review; book ... See more keywords