1st Edition

Victorian Social Activists' Novels Vol 4

By Oliver Lovesey Copyright 2011

    The writers of these novels were involved in various types of activism, using approaches ranging from conservative amelioration to radical militancy. Their works employ a broad variety of genres from the novel of manners, sensation, education and vocation, to allegory, romance and lesbian fiction.

    Volume 4: Introduction to Margaret Todd, Mona Maclean, Medical Student, Note on the Text, Margaret Todd, Mona Maclean, Medical Student (1892) Appendices, Appendix 1: Margaret Todd, ‘Some Th oughts on the Woman Question’ Appendix 2: Margaret Todd, from Th e Life of Sophia Jex-Blake Appendix 3: Sophia Jex-Blake, ‘Medical Women in Fiction’ Appendix 4: Sophia Jex-Blake, ‘Medical Women’, Editorial Notes, Textual Variants