Unsex'd Revolutionaries : Five Women Novelists of the 1790's /

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Women had been writing long before the French Revolution, but the reactionary character of the 1790s infused their work with a public importance and an urgency. The decade was one of intense argument and reflection on the role of women in society. Eleanor Ty studies the ways in which five women writ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ty, Eleanor Rose, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1993.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Politiek.
Vrouwen.
Letterkunde.
Engels.
Roman
Romanschriftstellerin
Frauenroman
Frau > Motiv
Women and literature.
Revolutionary literature, English.
Public opinion, British.
Politics and literature.
Political fiction, English.
English fiction > Women authors.
English fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Feminist.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Politique-fiction anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Litterature revolutionnaire anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et litterature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Politique et litterature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Femmes dans la litterature.
Roman anglais > 18e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Roman feministe anglais > Histoire et critique.
Women in literature.
Political fiction, English > History and criticism.
English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
Revolutionary literature, English > History and criticism.
Women and literature > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
English fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
Englisch.
Grossbritannien
Great Britain.
France.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Foreign public opinion, British.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Literature and the revolution.
Livres numeriques.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
e-books.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Women had been writing long before the French Revolution, but the reactionary character of the 1790s infused their work with a public importance and an urgency. The decade was one of intense argument and reflection on the role of women in society. Eleanor Ty studies the ways in which five women writers of the 1790s politicized the domestic or sentimental novel in response to oppression and exclusion. Influenced by radical post-revolution thinkers, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Hays, Helen Maria Williams, Elizabeth Inchbald, and Charlotte Smith wrote fiction that questioned existing social, economic, legal and cultural practices as they related to women. In particular, they dealt with historically specific gender issues such as female education, the rights and 'wrongs' of woman, and the duties of a wife. Using historical and feminist psycho-linguistic studies as a base, Ty explores some of the complexities encountered in the writings of these five women. Through their challenge to Edmund Burke's patriarchal ideas, they discovered strategies of writing based on the maternal or female aesthetic. For these 'unsex'd revolutionaries, ' sentimental or domestic fiction was not just about courtship, love, and romance. Their writings interrogate the structures of society, and criticize and make relevant the connections between the personal and the political, the domestic and the public sphere.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (189 pages).
ISBN:9781442682962

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