{"product_id":"the-closet-the-eighteenth-century-architecture-of-intimacy-9780691241876","title":"The Closet: The Eighteenth-Century Architecture of Intimacy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA literary and cultural history of the intimate space of the eighteenth-century closet--and how it fired the imaginations of Pepys, Sterne, Swift, and so many other writers \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong before it was a hidden storage space or a metaphor for queer and trans shame, the closet was one of the most charged settings in English architecture. This private room provided seclusion for reading, writing, praying, dressing, and collecting--and for talking in select company. In their closets, kings and duchesses shared secrets with favorites, midwives and apothecaries dispensed remedies, and newly wealthy men and women expanded their social networks. In \u003ci\u003eThe Closet\u003c\/i\u003e, Danielle Bobker presents a literary and cultural history of these sites of extrafamilial intimacy, revealing how, as they proliferated both in buildings and in books, closets also became powerful symbols of the unstable virtual intimacy of the first mass-medium of print. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFocused on the connections between status-conscious--and often awkward--interpersonal dynamics and an increasingly inclusive social and media landscape, \u003ci\u003eThe Closet\u003c\/i\u003e examines dozens of historical and fictional encounters taking place in the various iterations of this room: courtly closets, bathing closets, prayer closets, privies, and the \"moving closet\" of the coach, among many others. In the process, the book conjures the intimate lives of well-known figures such as Samuel Pepys and Laurence Sterne, as well as less familiar ones such as Miss Hobart, a maid of honor at the Restoration court, and Lady Anne Acheson, Swift's patroness. Turning finally to queer theory, \u003ci\u003eThe Closet\u003c\/i\u003e discovers uncanny echoes of the eighteenth-century language of the closet in twenty-first-century coming-out narratives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing more than thirty illustrations, \u003ci\u003eThe Closet\u003c\/i\u003e offers a richly detailed and compelling account of an eighteenth-century setting and symbol of intimacy that continues to resonate today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13033270\"\u003eDanielle Bobker\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.10h x 9.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691241876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691241872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT025000\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT024030\"\u003eModern | 18th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS054000\"\u003eSocial History\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDanielle Bobker\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of English at Concordia University in Montreal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44702299357421,"sku":"9780691241876","price":55.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_ec752b8c-6020-4610-a42a-79d9cadff7a7.jpg?v=1703885459","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/the-closet-the-eighteenth-century-architecture-of-intimacy-9780691241876","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}