{"product_id":"the-closet-9780691198231","title":"The Closet","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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 Long 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Finalist for the Mavis Gallant Award for Non-Fiction, Quebec Writers’ Federation\"\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Closet\u003c\/i\u003e is a major accomplishment that promises to be the definitive word on its subject.\"\u003cb\u003e---Beth Kowaleski Wallace, \u003ci\u003eEighteenth-Century Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bobker’s study succeeds in illuminating a fascinating topic with a wealth of detail pulled from various disciplines. . . it also shows the way monographs may go beyond a reconstruction of the past to include examining what this version of the past means for the present.\"\u003cb\u003e---Rachel Ramsey, \u003ci\u003eEighteenth-Century Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Providing a careful look at 18th-century historical and fictional texts, Bobker expands contemporary and commonplace ideas of the closet, its early use, and how it was initially developed. . . . Recommended.\" * Choice Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\"[This book] is a kind of cabinet of curiosities in itself, a curated collection to delight, educate and intrigue the reader and including in its wide scope both architectural and social history, queer theory and classic English literature.\"\u003cb\u003e---Sue Nicholson, \u003ci\u003epepysdiary.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Smart, enjoyable, and ground-breaking.\"\u003cb\u003e---Mary Peace, \u003ci\u003eABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403882668375,"sku":"9780691198231","price":42.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691198231.jpg?v=1730484791","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-closet-9780691198231","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}