LEADER 04036nam 2200829Ia 450 001 9910815977503321 005 20240416194429.0 010 $a1-282-85477-1 010 $a9786612854774 010 $a0-7735-6687-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773566873 035 $a(CKB)1000000000713621 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000283950 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11222562 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283950 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10264653 035 $a(PQKB)10893429 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400814 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00201104 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3331470 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10147052 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL285477 035 $a(OCoLC)929121890 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/dp1d8x 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400814 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3331470 035 $a(DE-B1597)655277 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773566873 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3245896 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000713621 100 $a19981023d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSchools of sympathy $egender and identification through the novel /$fNancy Roberts 205 $a1st ed. 210 $a[Vancouver] $cUniversity of British Columbia, Academic Women's Association ;$aMontreal ;$aBuffalo $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc1997 215 $axii, 179 p. ;$d24 cm 300 $aCo-published by the University of British Columbia, Academic Women's Association. 311 $a0-7735-1685-9 311 $a0-7735-1668-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [165]-174) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tForeword -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tSchools of Sympathy -- $tClarissa: Novel as Trial -- $tThe Scarlet Letter and "The Spectacle of the Scaffold? -- $tChanging Places: Gender and Identity in The Portrait of a Lady -- $t"A Thousand Pities": The Reader and Tess of the d'Urbervilles -- $t"Back Talk": The Work of Margaret Atwood and Angela Carter -- $tPostscript -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aRoberts argues that Clarissa's, Hester's, Isabel's, and Tess's "heroism" or "greatness" is measured not by her actions but by the extent to which others are moved by her. Therefore, the character cannot be studied without studying the response she generates, which, in these novels, is sympathy. Roberts asserts that each of the novels can be understood as a school of sympathy, through which we learn to behave and feel as gendered subjects, and that our response to the heroine is as carefully crafted as the character herself. Schools of Sympathy addresses issues of masochism, female victimization, the power of passive seduction, and the possibilities of heroism. As a counterpoint to these eighteenth- and nineteenth-century male perspectives, Roberts examines works by Margaret Atwood and Angela Carter that explicitly address these issues. 606 $aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFeminism and literature$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism 606 $aGender identity in literature 606 $aFeminism and literature 606 $aSympathy in literature 606 $aVictims in literature 606 $aWomen in literature 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFeminism and literature$xHistory. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aGender identity in literature. 615 0$aFeminism and literature. 615 0$aSympathy in literature. 615 0$aVictims in literature. 615 0$aWomen in literature. 676 $a813.009/352042 700 $aRoberts$b Nancy$f1948-$01644375 712 02$aUBC Academic Women's Association. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815977503321 996 $aSchools of sympathy$93990201 997 $aUNINA