At Home in the Eighteenth Century

<p>The eighteenth-century home in terms of its structure design function and furnishing was a site of transformation – of spaces identities and practices. Home has myriad meanings and although the eighteenth century in the common imagination is often associated with taking tea on polished mahogany tables a far wider world of experience remains to be introduced. <i>At Home in the Eighteenth Century</i> brings together factual and fictive texts and spaces to explore aspects of the typical Georgian home that we think we know from Jane Austen novels and extant country houses while also engaging with uncharacteristic and underappreciated aspects of the home. At the core of the volume is the claim that exploring eighteenth-century domesticity from a range of disciplinary vantage points can yield original and interesting questions as well as reveal new answers. Contributions from the fields of literature history archaeology art history heritage studies and material culture brings the home more sharply into focus. In this way <i>At Home in the Eighteenth Century</i> reveals a more nuanced and fluid concept of the eighteenth-century home and becomes a steppingstone to greater understanding of domestic space for undergraduate level and beyond.</p>