The Victorian woman question in contemporary feminist fiction
By: Jeannette King.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781403917272
Subjects: Feminist fiction, English -- History and criticism.; Historical fiction, English -- History and criticism.; English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Feminism and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century.; Women and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century.; Women -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Historiography.; Feminism in literature.; Sex role in literature.; Women in literature.
Description: "Setting their novels in the Victorian period, some of the most respected and exciting writers in Britain and America (including Margaret Atwood, A.S. Byatt, Toni Morrison, Sarah Waters and Angela Carter) have engaged closely with the religious, scientific and literary discourses that attempted to define and imprison women. But in addition, they show through a rich variety of fictional creations how women challenged the power of those discourses, and fought for the kind of sexual and professional freedom which continue to be central to feminism today."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-205) and index.