This book discusses the figure of the unchaste woman in a wide range of fiction written between 1835 and 1880; serious novels by Dickens, Mrs. Gaskell, Meredith, and George Eliot; popular novels that
What was life really like in Victorian England during its transition from provincial society into modern urban power? Discover the effects of increased women's rights, technological advances, and Cha
An examination of the depiction of girls, and of girlhood culture, in the children's literature of late nineteenth and early twentieth century England.
First published in 1988, this encyclopedia serves as an overview and point of entry to the complex interdisciplinary field of Victorian studies. The signed articles, which cover persons, eve
Mitchell (English and women's studies, Temple U.) presents a biography of 19th-century British suffragist, essayist, journalist, theologian, and social reformer, Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904). In re
"Argument" is perhaps one of the most misunderstood terms in higher education, meaning different things in different disciplines. Yet on one thing most educators agree: it is almost impossible to atta
