"new Women" in the Late Victorian Novel

by Lloyd Fernando

Most of the major challenges of the women's liberation movement, argues this book, were reflected in late 19th-century fiction, and this concern had a significant effect on the art of the novel. Although primarily a work of criticism, the presentation is informed more than is customary by social history since the period covered was "a particularly tumultuous phase of the women's liberation movement" throughout Europe. Professor Fernando's book was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271012412
• ISBN13: 9780271012414
• Release Date: December 1990
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"