1st Edition

Victorian Social Activists' Novels Vol 4

By Oliver Lovesey Copyright 2011
456 Pages
by Routledge

456 Pages
by Routledge

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

Biography

Oliver Lovesey