Curious subjects : women and the trials of realism
Schor, Hilary MargoAuthor
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2013.
'Curious Subjects' focuses on the relationship between women, curiosity, and the rise of the novel, using the lenses of scientific, legal, and 'fictional' curiosity to examine the changing definitions of the subject within these various discourses. Texts range from eighteenth-century fiction to classic Victorian 'heroine texts', to contemporary revisions of realist forms, with an emphasis on the always-doubled and duplicitous nature of both female curiosity and the realist project.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Curious Subjects' focuses on the relationship between women, curiosity, and the rise of the novel, using the lenses of scientific, legal, and 'fictional' curiosity to examine the changing definitions of the subject within these various discourses. Texts range from eighteenth-century fiction to classic Victorian 'heroine texts', to contemporary revisions of realist forms, with an emphasis on the always-doubled and duplicitous nature of both female curiosity and the realist project.
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English fiction
Women in literature
Women and literature
Women
English
Languages & Literatures
English Literature