Protest and Reform: The British Social Narrative by Women, 1827-1867University of Wisconsin Press, 1985 - 242 páginas The social novel in nineteenth-century Britain has been considered the effort of a predominantly male canon of writers. In this ground-breaking study, Joseph Kestner challenges that assumption, arguing that it was a succession of female writers--women often meriting only a footnote in literary history--who initiated and advanced the tradition using narrative fiction to register protest, expose abuses, and promote reform. |
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... Wrongs of Woman was published in four parts between 1843 and 1844 , the fictional result of Tonna's long researches for The Perils of the Nation . In the September 1843 issue of The Christian Lady's Magazine , Tonna published a letter ...
... Wrongs of Woman was composed of four separately written parts , Tonna unifies her stories in several ways . By concen- trating on dressmaking , screw - driving , pin - heading , and lace - running , Tonna emphasizes the nontextile ...
... wrong you by any appeal - if such FACTS do not speak , all language is utterly vain ” ( 501–2 ) . " Have we not a woman ... WRONGS OF WOMAN ” ( 502 ) . Both Tonna and Stone are part of " the great philanthropic awakening of the for- ties ...
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Protest and Reform: The British Social Narrative by Women, 1827-1867 Joseph A. Kestner Vista previa restringida - 1985 |
Protest and Reform: The British Social Narrative by Women 1827–1867 Joseph Kestner Vista previa restringida - 2022 |
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Subversive Heroines: Feminist Resolutions of Social Crisis in the Condition ... Constance D. Harsh Vista de fragmentos - 1994 |
Vocational Philanthropy and British Women's Writing, 1790-1810 ... Patricia Comitini No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2005 |