Protest and Reform: The British Social Narrative by Women, 1827-1867The social novel in nineteenth-century Britain has been considered the effort of a predominantly male canon of writers. In this ground-breaking study, Joseph Kestner challenges that assumption, arguing that it was a succession of female writers--women often meriting only a footnote in literary history--who initiated and advanced the tradition using narrative fiction to register protest, expose abuses, and promote reform. |
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... Armstrong reflects this dismay . The review of its first numbers in the Athenaeum of August 1839 indicted the novel for being too late : " But we pray Mrs. Trollope to reflect that this contingency has passed away . A cry , a fanatical ...
... Armstrong is not so devoid of craft as its reputation has suggested . The process by which the novel was constructed ... Armstrong is rooted in the year of its appearance . Trollope's sources for Michael Armstrong included information ...
... Armstrong , Tonna can depict no amorous life for her opera- tives . She creates characters like Tom South , who in ... Armstrong and Helen Fleetwood testify to that development . Each marks a change from " the post - war crudities of the ...
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Protest and Reform: The British Social Narrative by Women, 1827-1867 Joseph A. Kestner Limited preview - 1985 |
Protest and Reform: The British Social Narrative by Women 1827–1867 Joseph Kestner Limited preview - 2022 |
Protest and Reform: The British Social Narrative by Women 1827-1867 Joseph Kestner No preview available - 2022 |