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The Victorian woman question in contemporary feminist fiction
- Title
- The Victorian woman question in contemporary feminist fiction / Jeannette King.
- Author
- King, Jeannette.
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PR888.F45 K56 2005 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- ix, 210 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "Setting their novels in the Victorian period, some of the most respected and exciting writers in Britain and America (including Margaret Atwood, A.S. Byatt, Toni Morrison, Sarah Waters and Angela Carter) have engaged closely with the religious, scientific and literary discourses that attempted to define and imprison women. But in addition, they show through a rich variety of fictional creations how women challenged the power of those discourses, and fought for the kind of sexual and professional freedom which continue to be central to feminism today."--Jacket.
- Subject
- 1800-1999
- Geschichte 1950-2004
- Geschichte 1837-1901
- Feminist fiction, English > History and criticism
- Historical fiction, English > History and criticism
- English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
- English fiction > Women authors > History and criticism
- Feminism and literature > English-speaking countries > History > 20th century
- Women and literature > English-speaking countries > History > 20th century
- Women > Great Britain > History > Historiography. > 19th century
- Feminism in literature
- Sex role in literature
- Women in literature
- English fiction
- English fiction > Women authors
- Feminism and literature
- Feminist fiction, English
- Historical fiction, English
- Women and literature
- Women > Historiography
- Englisch
- Frauenemanzipation Motiv
- Frauenemanzipation
- Frauenliteratur
- Vrouwenemancipatie
- Feminisme
- Victoriaanse tijd
- Women > Great Britain > 19th century
- English-speaking countries
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- Englisch
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-205) and index.
- Contents
- 1. What is a woman? Victorian constructions of femininity. Religious prescriptions and cultural reflections ; The biological sciences ; An unhealthy mind in an unhealthy body? ; Evolutionary theory and the social sciences ; Entering the gender debate. -- 2. The Darwinian moment: the woman that never evolved. Separate species and separate spheres: Andrea Barrett, The voyage of the Narwhal, 1855-1856 ; Darwin and romantic love: A.S. Byatt, Morpho Eugenia. -- 3. "Criminals, idiots, women and minors': deviant minds in deviant bodies. Madwoman or bad woman? Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace ; Criminal influence: Sarah Waters, Affinity. -- 4. Subversive spirits: spiritualism and female desire. 'Power words': Victoria Glendinning, Electricity ; Gender and poetry: A.S. Byatt, The conjugial angel ; Spiritualism, psychology and history: Michèle Roberts, In the red kitchen. -- 5. Degeneration and sexual anarchy. The newly born woman: Angela Carter, Nights at the circus ; Performing gender: Sarah Waters, Tipping the velvet. -- 6. Evolutionary thought, gender and race. 'Ain't I a woman?: Toni Morrison's Beloved.
- ISBN
- 1403917272
- 9781403917270
- 9780230503571
- 0230503578
- 9781403917272 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2004061222
- 9781403917272
- 9781403917270
- OCLC
- ocm57235693
- 57235693
- SCSB-1365673
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library