03701nam 2200673 a 450 991077842560332120200520144314.01-282-40782-197866124078260-313-03931-3(CKB)1000000000807381(EBL)494929(OCoLC)648489540(SSID)ssj0000342895(PQKBManifestationID)11252509(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342895(PQKBWorkID)10288000(PQKB)10963465(MiAaPQ)EBC494929(Au-PeEL)EBL494929(CaPaEBR)ebr10347187(CaONFJC)MIL240782(BIP)007806759(EXLCZ)99100000000080738120020601d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSilent voices[electronic resource] forgotten novels by Victorian women writers /edited by Brenda AyresWestport, CT Praeger20031 online resource (267 p.)Contributions in women's studies,0147-104X ;no. 200Description based upon print version of record.0-313-32462-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-239) and index.Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. ""Not the Superiority of Belief, but Superiority of True Devotion"": Grace Aguilar's Histories of the Spirit; 2. The Victorian Heroine Goes A-Governessing; 3. The Detective Maidservant: Catherine Crowe's Susan Hopley; 4. Deathbeds and Didacticism: Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna and Victorian Social Reform Literature; 5. Class Counts: The Domestic-Professional Writer, the Working Poor, and Middle-Class Values in The Years That the Locust Hath Eaten and The Story of a Modern Woman6. On the Face of the Waters: Flora Annie Steel and the Politics of Feminist Imperialism7. Re-reading the Domestic Novel: Anne Thackeray's The Story of Elizabeth; 8. ""I Am Not Esther"": Biblical Heroines and Sarah Grand's Challenge to Institutional Christianity in The Heavenly Twins; 9. Dinah Mulock Craik: Sacrifice and the Fairy-Order; 10. Marie Corelli: ""The Story of One Forgotten""; Bibliography; Index; About the ContributorsSome of the greatest English novels were written during the Victorian era, and many are still widely read and taught today. But many others written during that period have been neglected by scholars and modern readers alike. A number of these novels were written by women and were popular when published. Moreover, they reveal perspectives of 19th-century British culture not present in canonized works and therefore revise our understanding of Victorian life and attitudes. With the increasing interest in revising Victorian history and gender scholarship, especially through the rediscovery of lostContributions in women's studies ;no. 200.English fiction19th centuryHistory and criticismWomen and literatureGreat BritainHistory19th centuryEnglish fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticismEnglish FictionWomen And LiteratureLiterary CriticismEnglish fictionHistory and criticism.Women and literatureHistoryEnglish fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticism.823/.8099287Ayres Brenda684382MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778425603321Silent voices3816512UNINA