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The Art of Retreat

by Hankins, Laurel V.

Looky Rating System: Violence 0/5, Love & Romance 0/5, Mental Health 0/5, Language 0/5, Substance Use 0/5, Fear / Horror 0/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 0/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5.

Description

The political and cultural fantasy of home as a retreat from the pressures of the world first emerged in the U.S.alongside two major nineteenth-century literary movements: Romanticism and domestic fiction.