LEADER 03701nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910778425603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-40782-1 010 $a9786612407826 010 $a0-313-03931-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000807381 035 $a(EBL)494929 035 $a(OCoLC)648489540 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000342895 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11252509 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342895 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10288000 035 $a(PQKB)10963465 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC494929 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL494929 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10347187 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL240782 035 $a(BIP)007806759 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000807381 100 $a20020601d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSilent voices$b[electronic resource] $eforgotten novels by Victorian women writers /$fedited by Brenda Ayres 210 $aWestport, CT $cPraeger$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (267 p.) 225 1 $aContributions in women's studies,$x0147-104X ;$vno. 200 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-313-32462-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [225]-239) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Woman 327 $a6. 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 Contributors 330 $aSome of the greatest English novels were written during the Victorian era, and many are still widely read and taught today. But many others written during that period have been neglected by scholars and modern readers alike. A number of these novels were written by women and were popular when published. Moreover, they reveal perspectives of 19th-century British culture not present in canonized works and therefore revise our understanding of Victorian life and attitudes. With the increasing interest in revising Victorian history and gender scholarship, especially through the rediscovery of lost 410 0$aContributions in women's studies ;$vno. 200. 606 $aEnglish fiction$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen and literature$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aEnglish fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 610 $aEnglish Fiction 610 $aWomen And Literature 610 $aLiterary Criticism 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a823/.8099287 700 $aAyres$b Brenda$0684382 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778425603321 996 $aSilent voices$93816512 997 $aUNINA