Women, Power and Subversion (Routledge Revivals): Social Strategies in British Fiction, 1778-1860

Name: Women, Power and Subversion (Routledge Revivals): Social Strategies in British Fiction, 1778-1860
Brand: Judith Lowder Newton
SKU: 9780415636544
Price: 192.00 GBP
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by Judith Lowder Newton

Title:

Author:

Judith Lowder Newton

Series (if any):

Routledge Revivals

Format:

Hardback

Number of pages:

228 pages

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

ISBN-13:

9780415636544

EAN:

9780415636544

Classifications:

Literature: history and criticism

Weight (g):

540

Dimensions (mm):

216 x 138

Publication Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Condition:

New

Price:£192.00

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Description

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 "womens proper sphere". This concept disguised inequities between men and women, first by asserting the reality of female power, and then by restricting it to self-sacrificing influence.In this book, Judith Newton analyses novels such as Fanny Burneys Evelina, Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice, Charlotte Brontës Villette and George Eliots The Mill on the Floss in order to demonstrate how some female writers reacted to the issue by covertly resisting inequities of power and reconciling ideologies in their art. She argues that in this time period, novels became increasingly rebellious as well as ambivalent . Heroines were endowed with power, and emphasis was given to female ability, rather than to feminine influence.