226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
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George Gissing's work reflects his observations of fin-de-siècle London life. Influenced by the French naturalist school, his realist representations of urban culture testify to the significance of the city for the development of new class and gender identities, particularly for women. Liggins's study, which considers standard texts such as The Odd Women, New Grub Street, and The Nether World as... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Prostitution and the freedoms of streetwalking; Industrious, independent women: labour and leisure for the East End work-girl; Barriers to female professionalism: educated working women and the threat of celibacy; White-collar work and the future possibilities of the odd woman; From bachelor girl to working mother: finding a public space for the emancipated heroine; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Emma Liggins is Lecturer in English at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
'... a fascinating exploration of women’s work and its depiction in the periodical and fictional writing of the period... Liggins writes with a mix of clarity, wit and intelligence that makes her study as learned as it is sparklingly fresh.' Deborah Parsons, University of Birmingham, UK ’The author has succeeded in presenting a nuanced account of Gissing's diverse representations of working women, sensitive to the range of his fiction, inluding lesser known short stories and one-volume novels...’ Literature and History
