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The woman and the hour : Harriet Martineau and Victorian ideologies /

"Harriet Martineau was a major figure in the Victorian period and a prominent speaker in a number of contemporary cultural debates, including those on racism, atheism, abolitionism, and the status of women. Her various books, novels, essays, and articles generated tremendous controversy in thei...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roberts, Caroline, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Contexts and Controversies
  • Gendered Discourses and a Sociology of Texts: Illustrations of Political Economy (1832-4)
  • The Linguistic Structure of American Society
  • Realism and Feminism: Deerbrook (1839)
  • History and Romance: The Hour and the Man (1841)
  • Invalidism, Mesmerism, and the Medical Profession: Life in the Sick-Room (1844) and Letters on Mesmerism (1844)
  • History and Religious Faith: Eastern Life, Present and Past (1848)
  • Shaking the Faith: Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development (1851).