Yesterday's Woman : Domestic Realism in the English Novel /

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Encouraged by the response of the avid novel-reading public in early nineteenth-century England, minor novelists produced a staggering number of volumes that shaped styles, formed attitudes, and gave to the novel a new status and respectability. These novels were read by both sexes, but the majority...

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Autor principal: Colby, Vineta (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1974.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women in literature.
Realism in literature.
English fiction.
Domestic fiction, English.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Femmes dans la litterature.
Realisme dans la litterature.
Roman anglais > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Domestic fiction, English > History and criticism.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Encouraged by the response of the avid novel-reading public in early nineteenth-century England, minor novelists produced a staggering number of volumes that shaped styles, formed attitudes, and gave to the novel a new status and respectability. These novels were read by both sexes, but the majority were written by women. Vineta Colby examines the works of such minor novelists as Mrs. Gore, Maria Edgeworth, Charlotte Yonge, and Harriet Martincau, arguing that they prepared the way for the novels of the great Victorian era. Antiromantic and bourgeois in spirit, these domestic novels were conc.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (280 pages).
ISBN:9781400872657

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