Gender and the Writer's Imagination : From Cooper to Wharton /

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The concept of woman as having a distinctive nature and requiring a separate sphere of activity from that of man was pervasive in the thinking of nineteenth- century Americans. So dominant was this ""horizon of expectations"" for woman that the imaginations of our finest novelist...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schriber, Mary Suzanne, 1938- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1987.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women in literature.
Women and literature.
Sex role in literature.
Feminism and literature.
American fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Feminist.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Femmes et litterature > États-Unis.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la litterature.
Femmes dans la litterature.
Roman americain > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Women and literature > United States.
Feminism and literature > United States.
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The concept of woman as having a distinctive nature and requiring a separate sphere of activity from that of man was pervasive in the thinking of nineteenth- century Americans. So dominant was this ""horizon of expectations"" for woman that the imaginations of our finest novelists were often subverted, even as they attempted to expand the possibilities for women through their fiction
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9780813164182

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