Silent voices : forgotten novels by Victorian women writers /

Silent voices : forgotten novels by Victorian women writers /

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Other Authors / Creators:	Ayres, Brenda, 1953-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Imprint:	Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
Series:	Contributions in women's studies ; no. 200.
Subjects:	19th century English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism. English fiction. Women and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Women and literature. History. English fiction > Women authors > History and criticism. English fiction > Women authors. Great Britain.

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Summary:	Some of the greatest English novels were written during the Victorian era, and many are still widely read and taught today. But many others written during that period have been neglected by scholars and modern readers alike. A number of these novels were written by women and were popular when published. Moreover, they reveal perspectives of 19th-century British culture not present in canonized works and therefore revise our understanding of Victorian life and attitudes. With the increasing interest in revising Victorian history and gender scholarship, especially through the rediscovery of lost texts written by women, this book is a timely and much needed study. The expert contributors to this volume argue the value of novels by such Victorian women writers as Grace Aguilar, Catherine Crowe, Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, Annie E. Holdsworth, Ella Hepworth Dixon, Flora Annie Steel, Anne Thackeray, Sarah Grand, Marie Corelli, and others. Most of the chapters address numerous works by a particular writer. Each focuses on different social issues as well, though most of them share an interest in gender politics. Topics discussed include a 19th-century Jewish novelist's navigation through Protestant spirituality, the relationship of noncanonical governess novels to class and gender issues, and forgotten works by women crime writers. Other chapters analyze how women writers impelled social reform and subverted patriarchally defined religious issues.
Physical Description:	xviii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-239) and index.
ISBN:	031332462X
Author Notes:	Brenda Ayres is associate professor of English at Middle Georgia College in Cochran, Georgia Miriam Elizabeth Burstein is assistant professor of English at SUNY Brockport Robyn Chandler completed her Ph.D. in religious studies at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. She has taught both religion and women's writing in an interdepartmental Victorian studies course Helen Debenham teaches eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British fiction at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, and has a particular interest in women writers. She has published on various male and female Victorian writers Mary Lenard is assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, where she teaches nineteenth-century British literature and women's literature, as well as introductory literature and writing classes LeeAnne Marie Richardson is assistant professor at Georgia State University, where she teaches courses in nineteenth-century British literature and culture SueAnn Schatz is assistant professor of English at Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania Jennifer M. Stolpa is assistant professor of English and Spanish at the University of Wisconsin-Marinette Lucy Sussex is senior research fellow at Melbourne University. A specialist in women's writing and early crime fiction, Sussex has published editions of Mary Fortune and Ellen Davitt Cecilia Wadso Lecaros teaches at Lund University, Sweden, and holds a post-doctorate position funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. Her current research focuses on the self-improvement ethos in Victorian fiction and conduct books