Title: Appearing to diminish
First published: 1999
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.
Subjects: Bildungsromans, English Psychological fiction, English fiction, History, History and criticism, Maturation (Psychology) in literature, Psychological fiction, English, Women and literature, Women authors, Young women in literature, English Bildungsromans, Women, great britain, Women, history, modern period, 1600-
Places: Great Britain
Time periods: 18th century, 19th century
LC classification: PR858.W6 E45 1999