"Covers four texts from the 1890s that helped to crystallize the idea of the 'New Woman' during a period where the role of women was increasingly debated and challenged, not least due to the growth of the suffrage movement."--Provided by publisher.
Carolyn W de la L Oulton, Adrienne E Gavin, SueAnn Schatz, Vybarr Cregan-Reid. CONTENTS. OF. THE. EDITION. volume 1 General Introduction Jessie Fothergill, Kith and Kin (1881) Edited by Brenda Ayres volume 2 Vernon Lee, ...
This collection brings together important examples of New Woman fiction, each of which helped to crystallise the idea of the New Woman - as an educated, politically aware and independent individual - during the early years of the ...
CHAPTER I. When Mrs Macgregor had gone up-stairs to rest before dinner on their arrival at Wotton Hall,44 Hamlin took Miss Brown round the huge, deserted-looking house, which his grandfather had built on returning from Jamaica.
These works helped to crystallize the idea of the 'New Woman' during a period where the role of women was increasingly debated and challenged, not least due to the growth of the suffrage movement.
'Right noble river' is quoted in S. Lewis's The Book of English Rivers (London: Longmans, 1855), p. 319, and his book has much description throughout about the Swale. Indeed the hills were 'scarred' with deposits of limestone.
New Woman Fiction, 1881-1899: Volumes 4-6
The novels in this collection include one by a fierce opponent to the New Woman movement, as well as two from women whose work can be seen as archetypal New Woman fiction.
The novels in this collection include one by a fierce opponent to the New Woman movement, as well as two from women whose work can be seen as archetypal New Woman fiction.
... the frontispiece to Holbrook Jackson's book, The Eighteen Nineties. The expression of the face framed between the amazingly long-fingered hands must, I think, have been also assumed, for it is sullen, brooding, and contemptuous.
Miss Brown