LEADER 03810oam 2200733I 450 001 9910786930803321 005 20151002020704.0 010 $a1-317-31956-7 010 $a1-78144-039-5 010 $a1-315-65460-1 010 $a1-317-31957-5 010 $a1-78144-389-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315654607 035 $a(CKB)3710000000106672 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2126778 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1534986 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4015236 035 $a(OCoLC)958106207 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4015236 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11117061 035 $a(OCoLC)918621964 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781781440391 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000106672 100 $a20180706d20162014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWomen's university fiction, 1880-1945 /$fby Anna Bogen 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 223 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aLiterary texts and the popular marketplace ;$v5 300 $aFirst published 2014 by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited. 311 $a1-306-09405-4 311 $a1-84893-408-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. From public scandal to minority pleasure : the form, content and readership of the university Bildungsroman -- 2. 'The praise of uselessness' : liberal education -- 3. 'Gentlewomen, scholars and saints' : religion -- 4. 'Home without an aspidistra' : the home, the college and the local -- 5. The divided self and the communal cause : war, politics and the self -- 6. 'Delightfully self-assured, delightfully self-conscious' : the undergraduate literary scene -- 7. 'Eros in academe' : sexuality and the body. 330 $aThe rise of the middle classes brought a sharp increase in the number of young men and women able to attend university. Developing in the wake of this increase, the university novel often centred on male undergraduates at either Oxford or Cambridge. Bogen argues that an analysis of the lesser known female narratives can provide new insights into education, religion, politics, literary culture and sexuality. Works by Virginia Woolf, Rosamond Lehman and Vera Brittain - as well as many forgotten writers - are used as case studies and are set in their literary and historical context. The female university novel is shown to be less a universal tale of coming-of-age and more fraught with struggle and compromise. 410 0$aLiterary texts and the popular marketplace ;$vno. 5. 606 $aCollege stories, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aUniversities and colleges in literature 606 $aCollege students in literature 606 $aEnglish fiction$xWomen authors 606 $aEnglish fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish fiction$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature and society$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aLiterature and society$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aCollege stories, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aUniversities and colleges in literature. 615 0$aCollege students in literature. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xWomen authors. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 676 $a823.912093557 700 $aBogen$b Anna$01532556 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786930803321 996 $aWomen's university fiction, 1880-1945$93778763 997 $aUNINA