The woman and the hour
Subtitle: Harriet Martineau and Victorian ideologies
By: Caroline Roberts.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876 -- Political and social views.; Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
Other titles: Harriet Martineau and Victorian ideologies
Description: "Harriet Martineau was a major figure in the Victorian period and a prominent speaker in a number of contemporary cultural debates, including those on racism, atheism, abolitionism, and the status of women. Her various books, novels, essays, and articles generated tremendous controversy in their reception as they forced such topics of debate into the public realm."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical reference (p. [233]-246) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Contexts and Controversies 3; title: 1 Gendered Discourses and a Sociology of Texts: Illustrations of Political Economy (1832-4) 10; title: 2 The Linguistic Structure of American Society 26; title: 3 Realism and Feminism: Deerbrook (1839) 52; title: 4 History and Romance: The Hour and the Man (1841) 76; title: 5 Invalidism, Mesmerism, and the Medical Profession: Life in the Sick-Room (1844) and Letters on Mesmerism (1844) 107; title: 6 History and Religious Faith: Eastern Life, Present and Past (1848) 139; title: 7 Shaking the Faith: Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development (1851) 169; title: Conclusion 193; title: NOTES 197; title: WORKS CITED 233; title: INDEX 247.