03227nam 2200709Ia 450 991097430190332120251116173504.01-134-89134-21-134-89135-01-280-32131-80-203-41869-710.4324/9780203418697(CKB)1000000000254898(EBL)170398(OCoLC)51821694(SSID)ssj0000071099(PQKBManifestationID)11107040(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000071099(PQKBWorkID)10069793(PQKB)11672151(MiAaPQ)EBC170398(Au-PeEL)EBL170398(CaPaEBR)ebr10057624(CaONFJC)MIL32131(EXLCZ)99100000000025489819950911d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe language of gender and class transformation in the Victorian novel /Patricia Ingham1st ed.London New York Routledge19961 online resource (208 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-08222-6 0-415-08221-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-189) and index.The Language of Gender and Class Transformation in the Victorian Novel; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on references; 1 The Representation of Society in the Early Nineteenth Century; 2 The Interlocked Coding of Class and Gender; 3 Shirley; 4 North and South; 5 Hard Times; 6 Changes in the Representation of Class in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century; 7 Felix Holt; 8 The Unclassed; 9 Jude The Obscure; Bibliography; IndexThe Language of Gender and Class challenges widely-held assumptions about the study of the Victorian novel. Lucid, multilayered and cogently argued, this volume will provoke debate and encourage students and scholars to rethink their views on nineteenth-century literature. Examining six novels, Patricia Ingham demonstrates that none of the writers, male or female, easily accept stereotypes of gender and class. The classic figures of Angel and Whore are reassessed and modified. And the result, argues Ingham, is that the treatment of gender by the late nineteenth century is releasedEnglish fiction19th centuryHistory and criticismLiterature and societyGreat BritainHistory19th centuryWomen and literatureGreat BritainHistory19th centurySocial classes in literatureSex role in literatureEnglish fictionHistory and criticism.Literature and societyHistoryWomen and literatureHistorySocial classes in literature.Sex role in literature.823.809823.809355823/.809Ingham Patricia549338MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910974301903321The language of gender and class4491480UNINA