Modernism, feminism and the culture of boredom /

"Bored women populate many of the most celebrated works of British modernist literature. Whether in popular offerings such as Robert Hitchens's The Garden of Allah, the esteemed middlebrow novels of May Sinclair or H.G. Wells, or now-canonized works such as Virginia Woolf's The Voyage...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pease, Allison (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Boredom in literature.
Women in literature.
Modernism (Literature)
Feminism and literature.
Ennui (Lassitude) dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Modernisme (Littérature)
LITERARY CRITICISM > Women Authors.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Gay & Lesbian.
Englisch
Roman
Frau > Motiv
Langeweile > Motiv
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Boredom and bored women in the early twentieth century
  • 2. Overcoming nihilism: male-authored female boredom
  • 3. May Sinclair, feminism, and boredom
  • 4. Boredom as social system in Dorothy Richardson's Pilgrimage
  • 5. Boredom and individualism in Virginia Woolf's The Voyage Out
  • Conclusion.

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