Early eighteenth-century Britain was the setting for two major domestic shifts: the way 'family' was defined and the way the order of gender roles were perceived.This led to opportunity for the...Show moreEarly eighteenth-century Britain was the setting for two major domestic shifts: the way 'family' was defined and the way the order of gender roles were perceived.This led to opportunity for the rise of female agency and female education. Samuel Richardson's Pamela and Henry Fielding's Joseph Andrews give an impression of what these developments did to the literature of that time.Show less