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Issue 3.2 (Summer 2007)
NINETEENTH-CENTURY GENDER STUDIES ISSUE 3.2 (SUMMER 2007) The New Woman’s Work: Past, Present, and Future <1> A full generation after New Woman fiction was re-introduced to academic readers (by Elaine Showalter’s A Literature of Their Own, Lloyd Fernando’s “New Women” in the Late Victorian Novel in 1977 and Gail Cunningham’s The New Woman and The Victorian Novel in 1978) and a decade beyond outpourings of gender-inflected essays, dissertations and books aroused as the most recent fin de siècle approached, the impact of this scholarship — and of the women, the writers and the texts it studies — is far from exhausted. Although undergraduates may continue to insist that Victorian women were silent, subservient and confined to their homes, the papers from the New Woman Roundtable at the 2007 British Women Writers Conference not only reflect the conference theme, “Speaking With Authority” but also focus on the importance of work. Together, our three papers illuminate the literal work in the public sphere done by middle-class women in the 1880s and 1890s; the cultural work performed by the stereotyped “New Woman” and by the backlash against her; the twentieth-century scholarship on her that reshaped the study of modernity and examined evolving questions about gender, nationality, race, class and empire. In the early twenty-first century this work again feels urgent. Its implications fuel the search for new frames of analysis and raise complex and suggestive debates about new ways that we, collectively, might think about our own work as woman scholars and about the place of humanities in an increasingly vocational and technological system of higher education. -
Chapter 5 Progress
Tuberculosis and Disabled Identity in Nineteenth-Century Literature: Invalid Lives Item Type Book Authors Tankard, Alex Citation Tankard, A. (2018). Tuberculosis and Disabled Identity in Nineteenth-Century Literature: Invalid Lives. London: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-71446-2 Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Download date 29/09/2021 04:09:28 Item License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10034/621467 Chapter 5 Progress: Valid Invalid Identity in Ships That Pass in the Night (1893) Introduction Wuthering Heights ridiculed consumptive stereotypes, and Jude the Obscure exposed socioeconomic and cultural factors that disabled people with chronic illness, but neither could hope for a better future – much less suggest real strategies for improving the lives of people with tuberculosis in the nineteenth century. Beatrice Harraden’s 1893 bestseller Ships That Pass in the Night also offers a complex, bitter critique of the way in which sentimentality obscures the abuse and neglect of disabled people by nondisabled carers; it undermines the Romanticisation of consumptives, and shows consumptives driven to suicide by social marginalisation that leaves them feeling useless and hopeless. Yet its depiction of a romantic friendship between an emancipated woman and a disabled man also engages with the exciting possibilities of 1890s’ gender politics, and imagines new comradeship between disabled and nondisabled people based on mutual care and respect. Ships That Pass in the Night is a love story set in an Alpine ‘Kurhaus’ for invalids. Once enormously popular, adapted for the stage in remote corners of America and translated into several languages, including Braille, Ships was ‘said to be the only book found in the room of Cecil Rhodes when he died.’1 The novel is rarely read now, and so requires a brief synopsis. -
Towards a Critical Edition of the Short Fiction of Sarah Grand, Part 1
TOWARDS A CRITICAL EDITION OF THE SHORT FICTION OF SARAH GRAND, PART 1. KATHRYN ANNE ATKINS A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of the West of England, Bristol for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education, University of the West of England, Bristol. August 2015 1 THESIS ABSTRACT The majority of Sarah Grand’s short stories have been out of print since their first publication in book form. As Grand is today considered to be a significant feminist writer of the 1890s and early 1900s, it therefore seems timely to make readily available a large body of her work which has previously proved difficult to access. The thesis is, therefore, submitted in two parts. Part 1 contains critical and contextual work on Grand and her stories, and Part 2 comprises a collected, annotated edition of the twenty-six stories published as Our Manifold Nature (1894), Emotional Moments (1908) and Variety (1922). In working towards presenting a critical edition of the short fiction of Sarah Grand, I have set out to show how reading these stories can contribute to an increased understanding of both the author, her most widely read novels, and her role in contributing to the debates about women and marriage in the 1890s and beyond. In Part 1, the Introduction sets out the aims of the thesis, the research undertaken, provides biographical information about Grand and her times, and offers an overview of the stories and their publication history. Chapter One demonstrates the significant shifts in critical evaluation of Grand’s writing from 1894 to the present day. -
New Men?: Exploring Constructions of Masculinity in Late Nineteenth-Century New Woman Novels
NEW MEN?: EXPLORING CONSTRUCTIONS OF MASCULINITY IN LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY NEW WOMAN NOVELS By BARBARA TILLEY A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2002 Copyright 2002 by Barbara Tilley ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I extend a warm and exhuberant thank you to Elizabeth Langland for offering her constant support and words of wisdom as I struggled through the long and sometimes incredibly frustrating process of writing this dissertation. I thank Pamela Gilbert for her guidance when I thought that I could not write another word. A grateful thank you goes to my mother, Susan Solomon, for sheltering me while I wrote and researched this project. 1 wish to thank Rita Manarino for her emotional support when times were tough and for making the serious research and writing of this dissertation possible with the gift of my laptop computer. Finally a special thank you goes to my dear, beloved friend Margaret McPeake, who has been making me laugh for almost ten years. m TABLE OF CONTENTS page ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iii ABSTRACT v CHAPTER INTRODUCTION: THE "NEW WOMAN" AND THE "NEW MAN 1 1 IMAGES OF MASCULINITY IN OLIVE SCHREINER'S THE STORY OF AN AFRICAN FARM AND MONA CAIRO'S THE WING OF AZRAEL 12 The Story of an African Farm (1883) 13 The Wing of Azrael (1889) 25 2 "NEW MANHOOD": THE LOVER IN GEORGE GISSING'S THE ODD WOMEN AND EMMA FRANCES BROOKE'S A SUPERFLUOUS WOMAN 36 The Odd Women (1893) 40 A Superfluous Woman (1894) 49 3 -
Feminist Writing 1880-1900
Coventry University DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY The new woman and the new science feminist writing 1880-1900 Randolph, Lyssa Award date: 2001 Awarding institution: Coventry University University College Worcester Link to publication General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. • Users may download and print one copy of this thesis for personal non-commercial research or study • This thesis cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission from the copyright holder(s) • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 09. Oct. 2021 LANICIDTIT IILIIRITYll 1 1 II 3 8001 00333 6165 THE NEW WOMAN AND THE NEW SCIENCE: FEMINIST WRITING 1880-1900 LYSSA RANDOLPH A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the University's requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy OCTOBER 2001 Coventry University in collaboration with University College Worcester i Abstract In this thesis I contend that evolutionary scientific discourses were integral to the work of "New Woman" writers of late Victorian literary culture in Britain. In the cultural debates that raged over the new gender politics and their relationship to social and moral values at the fin de siècle, the questions raised about femininity, modernity and the "woman question" were also central to the "new sciences" of sexology, eugenics, psychology and anthropology. -
Menie Muriel Dowie's a Girl in the Karpathians (1891): Girlhood and the Spirit of Adventure Rodgers, Beth
Aberystwyth University Menie Muriel Dowie's A Girl in the Karpathians (1891): Girlhood and the Spirit of Adventure Rodgers, Beth Published in: Victorian Literature and Culture DOI: 10.1017/S1060150315000285 Publication date: 2015 Citation for published version (APA): Rodgers, B. (2015). Menie Muriel Dowie's A Girl in the Karpathians (1891): Girlhood and the Spirit of Adventure. Victorian Literature and Culture, 43(4), 841-856. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1060150315000285 General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the Aberystwyth Research Portal (the Institutional Repository) are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the Aberystwyth Research Portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the Aberystwyth Research Portal Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. tel: +44 1970 62 2400 email: [email protected] Download date: 24. Sep. 2021 1 Ménie Muriel Dowie’s A Girl in the Karpathians (1891): Girlhood and the Spirit of Adventure By Beth Rodgers Although she did not feature in W.T. Stead’s influential 1894 essay “The Novel of the Modern Woman,” the publication of Gallia in 1895 firmly established Ménie Muriel Dowie (1867-1945) as one of the pre-eminent New Woman writers. -
Transforming the Race-Mother: Motherhood and Eugenics in British Modernism
TRANSFORMING THE RACE-MOTHER: MOTHERHOOD AND EUGENICS IN BRITISH MODERNISM By Persephone Emily Harbin Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Vanderbilt University in partial fulfillments of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in English August, 2008 Nashville, Tennessee Approved: Professor Mark A. Wollaeger Professor Jay B. Clayton Professor Roy K. Gottfried Professor Volney P. Gay Copyright © 2008 by Persephone Emily Harbin All Rights Reserved ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank the Vanderbilt English Department for the financial and academic support I received while a student at Vanderbilt. In particular, I would like to acknowledge the English Department Research Grant that made possible my archival research. I would like to thank my advisor, Mark Wollaeger, for his support and excellent editing suggestions. I am grateful to the other members of my committee, Roy Gottfried, Jay Clayton, and Volney Gay, for their input and questions. Special thanks also go to Kathryn Schwartz, who deserves recognition as an advocate for graduate students. Thanks to the members of the department and my fellow graduate students who supported and encouraged me, and to Carolyn Dever for steering me toward the initial concept of the dissertation. Thanks to Rosa Shand for her encouragement and input on the early drafts of the dissertation and to the faculty of Converse College for providing me with a nurturing environment, both as an undergraduate student and as a teacher. I would also like to acknowledge the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London and The Galton Collection, also affiliated with University College London, for access to their archives and help with my research. -
Biological Inheritance and the Social Order in Late-Victorian Fiction and Science" (2011)
Western University Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository December 2011 Biological Inheritance and the Social Order in Late- Victorian Fiction and Science Sherrin Berezowsky The University of Western Ontario Supervisor Dr. Christopher Keep The University of Western Ontario Graduate Program in English A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree in Doctor of Philosophy © Sherrin Berezowsky 2011 Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd Part of the Literature in English, British Isles Commons Recommended Citation Berezowsky, Sherrin, "Biological Inheritance and the Social Order in Late-Victorian Fiction and Science" (2011). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 330. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/330 This Dissertation/Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarship@Western. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository by an authorized administrator of Scholarship@Western. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. BIOLOGICAL INHERITANCE AND THE SOCIAL ORDER IN LATE-VICTORIAN FICTION AND SCIENCE (Spine title: Biological Inheritance and the Social Order) (Thesis format: Monograph) by Sherrin Elaine Berezowsky Graduate Program in English A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies The University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada © Sherrin Elaine Berezowsky 2011 THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINATION Supervisor Examiners ______________________________ ______________________________ Dr. Christopher Keep Dr. Matthew Rowlinson ______________________________ Supervisory Committee Dr. Joel Faflak ______________________________ ______________________________ Dr. Matthew Rowlinson Dr. -
The Language of Dress in the New Woman Novel
THE LANGUAGE OF DRESS IN THE NEW WOMAN NOVEL By KATHRYN IRENE MOODY Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation Advisor: Dr. William R. Siebenschuh Department of English CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY August, 2011 CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES We hereby approve the thesis/dissertation of Kathryn Irene Moody candidate for the Doctor of Philosophy degree *. (signed) William R. Siebenschuh (chair of the committee) Kurt Koenigsberger T. Kenny Fountain Mary E. Davis (date) 7/13/2011 *We also certify that written approval has been obtained for any proprietary material contained therein. i Table of Contents List of Figures ..................................................................................................................... ii Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................ iii Abstract .............................................................................................................................. iv Introduction ..........................................................................................................................1 Chapter 1 Aesthetic Dress and the Painted Heroine ...........................................................................11 Chapter 2 The Tea Gown: “Perhaps More than You Think” .............................................................43 Chapter 3 The Tailor-Made Girl .........................................................................................................80