LEADER 03122nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910784773903321 005 20230721030706.0 010 $a1-351-15138-X 010 $a1-281-33255-0 010 $a9786611332556 010 $a0-7546-9004-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000401628 035 $a(EBL)438902 035 $a(OCoLC)560651326 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000227670 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11198804 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000227670 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10269690 035 $a(PQKB)11784697 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438902 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438902 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10224499 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL133255 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000401628 100 $a20070618d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPrivate sphere to world stage from Austen to Eliot$b[electronic resource] /$fElizabeth Sabiston 210 $aAldershot, England ;$aBurlington, VT $cAshgate Pub. Co.$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7546-6174-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Figure; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction-"Letters to the World": From Private Sphere to World Stage; 2 Jane Austen's Art of Fiction: The Hidden Manifesto in Northanger Abbey and Persuasion; 3 Not Carved in Stone: Women's Hearts and Women's Texts in Charlotte Bronte?'s Jane Eyre; 4 Cathy's Book: The Ghost-text in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights; 5 "The Iron of Slavery in Her Heart": The Literary Relationship of Elizabeth Gaskell and Harriet Beecher Stowe; 6 George Eliot's Daniel Deronda: "A Daniel Come to Judgment"; 7 Conclusion-and a New Beginning; Bibliography; Index 330 $aElizabeth Sabiston examines works by Jane Austen, Charlotte and Emily Bronte?, Elizabeth Gaskell, and George Eliot, offering a fresh perspective on the transition of women writers from the private to the public sphere. What emerges, particularly in comparisons of the factory novels of Gaskell with the slavery writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe, is a portrait of the subversive and influential strategies these writers used to transcend national and gender boundaries. 606 $aEnglish literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen and literature$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aWomen$xBooks and reading$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSex role in literature 615 0$aEnglish literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aWomen$xBooks and reading$xHistory 615 0$aSex role in literature. 676 $a810.9/928 676 $a823.8099287 700 $aSabiston$b Elizabeth Jean$f1937-$0449283 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784773903321 996 $aPrivate sphere to world stage from Austen to Eliot$93720131 997 $aUNINA