Beautiful boredom
Subtitle: idleness and feminine self-realization in the Victorian novel
By: Lee Anna Maynard.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780786445554
Subjects: English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Boredom in literature; Self-consciousness (Awareness) in literature
Description: "Boredom in these works is an important means through which female characters are able to achieve a greater sense of self-awareness. The author examines both the deleterious and restorative aspects of boredom and shows how this subtle theme has continued to be used by more modern authors"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-186) and index.
Table of contents: title: Avoiding the boring : boredom, beauty, and narrative in Jane Eyre; title: The complexion of boredom in Middlemarch; title: Life on a Grecian urn : boredom, beauty, and stasis in the Portrait of a lady; title: "The proper stuff of fiction"; title: a look forward; title: Postscript : boredom's beauty : Victorian visual representations of a pervasive mental state.