Victorian Ghosts in the Noontide
Download or Read eBook Victorian Ghosts in the Noontide PDF written by Vanessa D. Dickerson and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Vanessa D. Dickerson |
| Publisher | : University of Missouri Press |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0826210813 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780826210814 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Victorian Ghosts in the Noontide by : Vanessa D. Dickerson
Book excerpt: An interesting rereading of familiar texts by Emily and Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell, and George Eliot recovering the historical and literary roots of the supernatural as it appears in each women's work. Dickerson (English, Rhodes College) makes interesting observations about women's changing roles in the 19th century when scientific advancements relegated women to the home as arbiters of the spiritual while men occupied themselves with "rational" invention. Through close readings, she demonstrates how the Brontes, Gaskell, and Eliot resisted this division and, simultaneously, created a spiritual genre of writing traditionally denigrated by critics. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
