2004, ISBN: 0199272611

[EAN: 9780199272617], New book, [PU: Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford], Hardcover. This book demonstrates that 'the awkward age' formed a fault-line in Victorian female experience, an… More...

[EAN: 9780199272617], New book, [PU: Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford], Hardcover. This book demonstrates that 'the awkward age' formed a fault-line in Victorian female experience, an unusual phase in which restlessness, self-interest, and rebellion were possible. Tracing evolving treatments of female adolescence though a host of long-forgotten women's fictions, the book reveals that representations of the girl in popular women's literature importantly anticipated depictions of the feminist in the fin de siecle New Woman writing; conservative portrayals of girls' hopes, dreams, and subsequent frustrations helped clear a literary and cultural space for the New Woman's 'awakening' to disaffected consciousness. The book thus both historicises the evolution and mythic appeal of the female adolescent and works to receive suggestive exchanges between apparently diverse female literary traditions. Tracing evolving treatments of female adolescence through a host of long-forgotten women's fictions, the book reveals that representations of the girl in popular women's literature importantly anticipated depictions of the feminist in the fin de siecle New Woman writing; conservative portrayals of girls' hopes, dreams, and subsequent frustrations helped clear a literary and cultural space for the New Woman's "awakening" to disaffected consciousness. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability., Books<

ISBN: 9780199272617

by Sarah Bilston, PRINT ISBN: 9780199272617 E-TEXT ISBN: 9780191556760 Oxford University Press Academic UK eBook Other pricing structure might be available at vitalsource.com., OUP Oxford

2004, ISBN: 0199272611

[EAN: 9780199272617], New book, [PU: Oxford University Press], New. In shrink wrap., Books

ISBN: 9780199272617

Clarendon Press . Hardback. New. pp. 268, Clarendon Press, 6