| The Victorian Woman Question in Contemporary Feminist Fiction 2005 Edition Contributor(s): King, J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349513334 ISBN-13: 9781349513338 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Feminist - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 823.809 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.64 lbs) 210 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Victorian Woman Question in Contemporary Feminist Fiction explores the representation of Victorian womanhood in the work of some of today's most important British and North American novelists including A.S. Byatt, Sarah Waters, Margaret Atwood, Angela Carter and Toni Morrison. By analysing these novels in the context of the scientific, religious and literary discourses that shaped Victorian ideas about gender, it contributes to an important inter-disciplinary debate. For while showing the power of these discourses to shape women's roles, the novels also suggest how individual women might challenge that power through their own lives. |