UID:
almahu_9948208676102882
Format:
XII, 123 p.
,
online resource.
ISBN:
9781349189793
Series Statement:
Modern Novelists
Content:
The six women writers discussed in this book - Olive Schreiner, Edith Wharton, Flora Macdonald Mayor, Katherine Mansfield, Dorothy L.Sayers and Antonia White - are all post-Victorian, and lived through a time when ideas about class, religion and the family were changing drastically. Middle-class women were becoming much more mobile, adventurous and independent, but they were still expected to lead different lives from men and be perfect wives and mothers. All six writers suffered from these strains, and commented in different ways on what was happening to the post-Victorian woman. Merryn Williams gives an account of each woman's literary achievement and shows how all the women dealt with a society that gave them confused and contradictory messages. In so doing, she gives a remarkably full picture of women emerging from Victorianism and entering the sexual wilderness.
Note:
Olive Schreiner -- Edith Wharton -- Flora Macdonald -- Mayor Katherine -- Mansfield Dorothy -- L.Sayers -- Antonia White -- References -- Index.
In:
Springer eBooks
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9780333406984
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9780333406991
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9781349189809
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9780312020897
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-349-18979-3
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18979-3
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