Appearing to diminish
Subtitle: female development and the British bildungsroman, 1750-1850
By: Lorna Ellis.
Publisher: Bucknell University Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lewisburg [Pa.]; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.; Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism.; English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism.; English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Maturation (Psychology) in literature.; Young women in literature.; Bildungsromans -- History and criticism.
Description: Through analyses of The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, The Female Quixote, Evelina, Emma, Pride and Prejudice, and Jane Eyre, this genre study explores the ways in which the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British female Bildungsroman fuses female power and autonomy with a conservative reintegration with society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-195) and index.