"Covers four texts from the 1890s that helped to crystallize the idea of the 'New Woman' during a period where the role of women was increasingly debated and challenged, not least due to the growth of the suffrage movement."--Provided by publisher.
Carolyn W de la L Oulton, Adrienne E Gavin, SueAnn Schatz, Vybarr Cregan-Reid. CONTENTS. OF. THE. EDITION. volume 1 General Introduction Jessie Fothergill, Kith and Kin (1881) Edited by Brenda Ayres volume 2 Vernon Lee, ...
This collection brings together important examples of New Woman fiction, each of which helped to crystallise the idea of the New Woman - as an educated, politically aware and independent individual - during the early years of the ...
The novels in this collection include one by a fierce opponent to the New Woman movement, as well as two from women whose work can be seen as archetypal New Woman fiction.
And Chough sighed, and fixed his eyes on his lacquered boottips, as much as to intimate that he, who lived on mutton-chops and spent his life nursing an epileptic wife, was of that Caliph Vathek9 kind. Madame Elaguine laughed ...
New Woman Fiction, 1881-1899: Volumes 4-6
These works helped to crystallize the idea of the 'New Woman' during a period where the role of women was increasingly debated and challenged, not least due to the growth of the suffrage movement.
233) comes from the Greek, kratos (hard wood; it does grow as a tree), oxcus (sharp) and akantha (a thorn). In early days it was considered sacred because of its association with Christ's crown of thorns. The Germans called it Hagedorn, ...
Carolyn W de la L Oulton, Andrew King, Paul March-Russell. Lady Newhaven's self-possession had returned sufficiently for her to take up her fur cloak. 'Thank you,' she said, letting Captain Pratt help her on with it. 'I shall be glad to ...
The novels in this collection include one by a fierce opponent to the New Woman movement, as well as two from women whose work can be seen as archetypal New Woman fiction.
... the frontispiece to Holbrook Jackson's book, The Eighteen Nineties. The expression of the face framed between the amazingly long-fingered hands must, I think, have been also assumed, for it is sullen, brooding, and contemptuous.