The Victorian Woman Question in Contemporary Feminist Fiction

J. King

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Abstract

The Victorian Woman Question in Contemporary Feminist Fiction explores the representation of Victorian womanhood in the work of some of today's most important British and North American novelists including A.S. Byatt, Sarah Waters, Margaret Atwood, Angela Carter and Toni Morrison. By analysing these novels in the context of the scientific, religious and literary discourses that shaped Victorian ideas about gender, it contributes to an important inter-disciplinary debate. For while showing the power of these discourses to shape women's roles, the novels also suggest how individual women might challenge that power through their own lives.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationBasingstoke
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Number of pages210
ISBN (Electronic)9780230503571
ISBN (Print)9781403917270, 9781349513338
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005

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Fiction
Victorian Era
Novel
Literary Discourse
A. S. Byatt
Margaret Atwood
American Novelist
Angela Carter
Discourse
Toni Morrison
Scientific Discourse
Womanhood
Religious Discourse

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The Victorian Woman Question in Contemporary Feminist Fiction. / King, J.

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. 210 p.

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King, J 2005, The Victorian Woman Question in Contemporary Feminist Fiction. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230503571
King J. The Victorian Woman Question in Contemporary Feminist Fiction. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. 210 p. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230503571
King, J. / The Victorian Woman Question in Contemporary Feminist Fiction. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. 210 p.
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