Private sphere to world stage from Austen to Eliot /
Elizabeth Sabiston examines works by Jane Austen, Charlotte and Emily Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell, and George Eliot, offering a fresh perspective on the transition of women writers from the private to the public sphere. What emerges, particularly in comparisons of the factory novels of Gaskell with th...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate Pub. Co.,
©2008.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Elizabeth Sabiston examines works by Jane Austen, Charlotte and Emily Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell, and George Eliot, offering a fresh perspective on the transition of women writers from the private to the public sphere. What emerges, particularly in comparisons of the factory novels of Gaskell with the slavery writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe, is a portrait of the subversive and influential strategies these writers used to transcend national and gender boundaries. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 0754690040 9780754690047 1281332550 9781281332554 1351151398 9781351151399 |