Open Houses

Barbara Leckie's Open Houses addresses nineteenth-century documentary and print culture dedicated to convincing the reader of the wretchedness of housing of the poor and its urgent need for reform. It illustrates the ways in which "looking into" these houses animated new models for social critique in tandem with new forms for the novel.

Open Houses-ul lui Barbara Leckie abordeaza cultura documentara si tiparita din secolul al XIX-lea dedicata convingerii cititorului asupra nenorocirii de locuinte a saracilor si a nevoii sale urgente de reforma. Acesta ilustreaza modurile in care „privirea” in aceste case a animat noi modele de critica sociala in tandem cu noi forme pentru roman.