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- catalog abstract ""Mary Hays was an outspoken Radical intellectual in the turbulent decade of the 1790's. She argued vehemently for the need to recognise the moral and rational qualities of women, the necessity of a better system of education for girls, and the importance of giving women without fortunes a career without 'servitude in prostitution.' The Victim of Prejudice -- Hays' second novel, first published in 1799 -- is a powerful indictment of man-made institutions such as the courts and legislative systems which favour persons of wealth and rank. In the novel the metaphor of women's confinement becomes real as the heroine's worst nightmares, her horrors and sense of helplessness become a physical reality. The Victim of Prejudice is of great interest for its strong feminist content, and it is both powerful and moving as a literary work; this edition makes this important late eighteenth-century text again available to a wide readership. Comments: "Mary Hays' passionate tale of a girl who is raped but refuses to marry her seducer offers a powerful alternative to Victorian constructions of the 'fallen woman'. This early feminist novel, here judiciously edited by Eleanor Ty, should be read by anyone interested in the literary history of the sexualized female, in women's studies, or in British Romantic Literature." - Anne K. Mellor, UCLA"-- from www.broadviewpress.com (2nd ed.).".
- catalog contributor b7584377.
- catalog contributor b7584378.
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description ""Mary Hays was an outspoken Radical intellectual in the turbulent decade of the 1790's. She argued vehemently for the need to recognise the moral and rational qualities of women, the necessity of a better system of education for girls, and the importance of giving women without fortunes a career without 'servitude in prostitution.' The Victim of Prejudice -- Hays' second novel, first published in 1799 -- is a powerful indictment of man-made institutions such as the courts and legislative systems which favour persons of wealth and rank. In the novel the metaphor of women's confinement becomes real as the heroine's worst nightmares, her horrors and sense of helplessness become a physical reality. The Victim of Prejudice is of great interest for its strong feminist content, and it is both powerful and moving as a literary work; this edition makes this important late eighteenth-century text again available to a wide readership. Comments: "Mary Hays' passionate tale of a girl who is raped but refuses to marry her seducer offers a powerful alternative to Victorian constructions of the 'fallen woman'. This early feminist novel, here judiciously edited by Eleanor Ty, should be read by anyone interested in the literary history of the sexualized female, in women's studies, or in British Romantic Literature." - Anne K. Mellor, UCLA"-- from www.broadviewpress.com (2nd ed.).".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-194).".
- catalog extent "xxxviii, 197 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Victim of prejudice.".
- catalog identifier "0921149379".
- catalog isFormatOf "Victim of prejudice.".
- catalog isPartOf "Broadview literary texts".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Peterborough, Ont. ; Orchard Park, NY : Broadview Press,".
- catalog relation "Victim of prejudice.".
- catalog subject "823/.7 20".
- catalog subject "PR4769.H6 V5 1994".
- catalog subject "Rape Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Young women Crimes against Fiction.".
- catalog title "The victim of prejudice / by Mary Hays ; edited and with an introduction by Eleanor Ty.".
- catalog type "Feminist fiction.".
- catalog type "Psychological fiction.".
- catalog type "text".