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- catalog abstract "Subversive Heroines offers fresh insights into the Condition-of-England novels of the 1840s and 1850s that described the social problems caused by rapid industrialization. Working-class political agitation during this period caused many to fear that revolution was imminent. The novels offered an imaginative response to what was perceived as a pressing situation and in their conclusions provided suggestions for the resolution of class tensions. A striking feature of the novels is the leading role women characters play in providing the solution to social problems. Their inventions contain a utopian dream of a woman-led society without classes and competition. Constance Harsh's book looks at seven such novels: Charles Dickens's Hard Times, Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South and Mary Barton, Benjamin Disraeli's Sybil, Charles Kingsley's Alton Locke, Frances Trollope's Michael Armstrong, and Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna's Helen Fleetwood. By carefully examining each narrative, she explores the means by which female characters gain public power and the millenarian implications of their activities. She also demonstrates that not all socially conscious fiction at this time exhibited a similar optimism about the potential power of women. Subversive Heroines departs from much recent work on the industrial novel in two important ways: it maintains its focus on the novels rather than on the nonfictional condition-of-England debate, and it emphasizes the consistency of the genre's approach to the contemporary crisis of class relations. Harsh's examination reveals a covert feminism in Victorian culture and illuminates fundamental gender struggles of the time.".
- catalog contributor b6517391.
- catalog coverage "England In literature.".
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. "If she gave way, who was to act?": Feminocentrism and the Road to Female Empowerment -- Ch. 2. Victimized Women: "My pain was needed for the fulfilment" -- Ch. 3. Active Measures and the Future Dream: The Solutions Women Offer -- Ch. 4. The Tamed Captives of Shirley -- Ch. 5. "Of course, I don't give any orders": The Retreat to Passivity and the End of Female Empowerment.".
- catalog description "Constance Harsh's book looks at seven such novels: Charles Dickens's Hard Times, Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South and Mary Barton, Benjamin Disraeli's Sybil, Charles Kingsley's Alton Locke, Frances Trollope's Michael Armstrong, and Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna's Helen Fleetwood. By carefully examining each narrative, she explores the means by which female characters gain public power and the millenarian implications of their activities. She also demonstrates that not all socially conscious fiction at this time exhibited a similar optimism about the potential power of women.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-199) and index.".
- catalog description "Subversive Heroines departs from much recent work on the industrial novel in two important ways: it maintains its focus on the novels rather than on the nonfictional condition-of-England debate, and it emphasizes the consistency of the genre's approach to the contemporary crisis of class relations. Harsh's examination reveals a covert feminism in Victorian culture and illuminates fundamental gender struggles of the time.".
- catalog description "Subversive Heroines offers fresh insights into the Condition-of-England novels of the 1840s and 1850s that described the social problems caused by rapid industrialization. Working-class political agitation during this period caused many to fear that revolution was imminent. The novels offered an imaginative response to what was perceived as a pressing situation and in their conclusions provided suggestions for the resolution of class tensions. A striking feature of the novels is the leading role women characters play in providing the solution to social problems. Their inventions contain a utopian dream of a woman-led society without classes and competition.".
- catalog extent "203 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Subversive heroines.".
- catalog identifier "0472105663".
- catalog isFormatOf "Subversive heroines.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press,".
- catalog relation "Subversive heroines.".
- catalog spatial "England In literature.".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog subject "823/.809352042 20".
- catalog subject "Dissenters in literature.".
- catalog subject "English fiction 19th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Feminism and literature England History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Feminist fiction, English History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Literature and society England History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "PR878.F45 H37 1994".
- catalog subject "Social norms in literature.".
- catalog subject "Social problems in literature.".
- catalog subject "Women and literature England History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Women in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. "If she gave way, who was to act?": Feminocentrism and the Road to Female Empowerment -- Ch. 2. Victimized Women: "My pain was needed for the fulfilment" -- Ch. 3. Active Measures and the Future Dream: The Solutions Women Offer -- Ch. 4. The Tamed Captives of Shirley -- Ch. 5. "Of course, I don't give any orders": The Retreat to Passivity and the End of Female Empowerment.".
- catalog title "Subversive heroines : feminist resolutions of social crisis in the condition-of-England novel / Constance D. Harsh.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".