The Trial of Woman
Download or Read eBook The Trial of Woman PDF written by D. Basham and published by Springer. This book was released on 1992-01-14 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : D. Basham |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 271 |
| Release | : 1992-01-14 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780230374010 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0230374018 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Trial of Woman by : D. Basham
Book excerpt: The Trial of Woman examines the impact of the nineteenth-century 'Occult Revival' on the Victorian Women's Movement, both in the lives of individual women and in the literature surrounding 'the Woman Question'. The book explores the Victorian Myth of Occult Womanhood and argues that the notion of female occult power was deeply influenced by the advent of Mesmerism, Spiritualism and Theosophy. This myth was itself a determining factor in women's struggle for legal and political rights.
