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Women, Power and Subversion (Routledge Revivals) Social Strategies in British Fiction, 1778-1860
By Judith Lowder Newton
Copyright 1981
228 Pages
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Routledge
228 Pages
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Routledge
228 Pages
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Routledge
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First published in 1981, this book explores the reactions of some female writers to the social effects of industrial capitalism between 1778 and 1860. The period set in motion a crisis over the status of middle-class women that culminated in the constructed idea of "women’s proper sphere". This concept disguised inequities between men and women, first by asserting the reality of female power, and... Read more
Preface: Criticism and History 1. Introduction: Power and the Ideology of "Woman’s Sphere" 2. Evelina 3. Pride and Prejudice 4. Villette 5. Mill on the Floss 6. Afterword: Women’s Politics and "Woman’s Sphere"
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Lowder Newton, Judith
