Fictions of dissent : reclaiming authority in transatlantic women's writing of the late nineteenth century / / by Sigrid Anderson Cordell

• Autore: Cordell Sigrid Anderson
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (149 p.)
• Disciplina: 823.8099287
• Soggetto topico: English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism; American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism; English fiction - Women authors - History and criticism; American fiction - Women authors - History and criticism; Women and literature - Great Britain - History - 19th century; Women and literature - United States - History - 19th century; Women in literature
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: "First published 2010 by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd."--t.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-135) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. 'A Beautiful Translation from a Very Perfect Original'; 2. Vernon Lee and the Aesthetic Subject; 3. Edith Wharton and the Artist as Connoisseur; 4. The Aesthetics od Ownership in Women's Stories; Notes; Works Cited; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Fin-de-siècle fiction by British female aesthetes and American women regionalists stages moments of rebellion when female characters rise up and insist on the right to maintain control of their creations. Cordell asserts that these revolutionary acts constitute a transatlantic conversation about aesthetic practice and creative ownership.
• Titolo autorizzato: Fictions of dissent
• ISBN: 1-317-32406-4; 1-138-66124-4; 1-315-65610-8; 1-317-32407-2; 1-84893-024-0; 9786612640377; 1-282-64037-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453125603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Gender and genre ; ; no. 4.