Taten Shirley

The Industrial Brontës

Advocates for Women's Equality in a Turbulent Age

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Produktbeschreibung

The seven novels of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë took advantage of the change spurred on by the Industrial Revolution in order to argueâ often obliquely but at times directlyâ for equality for women in the Victorian Age.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9781666904994
• ISBN-10: 1666904996
• Artikelnr.: 67174215

Autorenporträt

By Taten Shirley

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Section I: Decentering Marriage
Chapter 1: Subverting the Separate Spheres Doctrine
Chapter 2: Resisting Control and Maintaining Agency
Chapter 3: Rejecting Marriage as a Means to an End
Section I: Conclusion
Section II: Education as the Answer
Chapter 4: The Pitfalls of the Education of a Victorian Male
Chapter 5: A Call for Equal Education
Section II Conclusion
Section III: Challenging Class Assumptions
Chapter 6: The Governess's Paradox
Chapter 7: Transcending Class in Wuthering Heights
Chapter 8: Class Compromise in Shirley
Section III Conclusion
Section IV: Work as an Equalizer
Chapter 9: Subverting Gender Roles
Chapter 10: Work as Empowering
Chapter 11: The Dignity of Work
Section IV Conclusion
Conclusion
Epilogue
Bibliography
About the Author