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Unbecoming Women – British Women Writers & the Novel of Development (Paper)

  • Paperback
  • 208 pages
  • Publisher: Columbia University Press
  • 15.6 x 22.8 x 1.2 cm

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For students of Victorian and Georgian literature

Examines the barriers to authority for heroines

Gives you fresh insight into classic female roles

A compelling exploration of how classic British novels depict the complex journey of female development.

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Through readings of Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte and George Eliot, this study argues that a heroine\'s progress toward masterful self-hood is by no means assured. Charting the destiny of women in Georgian and Victorian novels, it suggests that becoming a woman involved the loss of authority.

  • Title

    Unbecoming Women – British Women Writers & the Novel of Development (Paper)

  • Author

    Susan Fraiman

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Columbia University Press

  • Published

    March 1994

  • Weight

    310g

  • Page Count

    208

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 22.8 x 1.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780231080019

  • ISBN-10

    0231080018

  • Eden Code

    7580507