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- catalog abstract ""The Angel-in-the-House is an ideal commonly used to define sexual standards of the Victorian Age. Although widely considered to be the cultural "norm," the Victorian Angel, revered for her morality, domestic virtue, and dedication to the family, is more frequently depicted in the literature of the time as an anomaly. In fact, a primary concern of Victorian literature appears to be the many exceptions to this unattainable ideal, which, according to the period's madonna-or-harlot polarity, casts these exceptions as fallen women. Deborah Anna Logan presents an unusual study of this image of fallenness in Victorian literature, focusing on the links among angelic ideology, sexuality, and, more important, social deviance." "Logan's study is distinguished by its exclusive focus on women writers, including Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, Harriet Martineau, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Florence Nightingale, Sarah Grand, and Mary Prince. Logan utilizes primary texts from these Victorian writers as well as contemporary critics such as Catherine Gallagher and Elaine Showalter to provide the background on social factors that contributed to the construction of fallen-woman discourse."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10677510.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""The Angel-in-the-House is an ideal commonly used to define sexual standards of the Victorian Age. Although widely considered to be the cultural "norm," the Victorian Angel, revered for her morality, domestic virtue, and dedication to the family, is more frequently depicted in the literature of the time as an anomaly. In fact, a primary concern of Victorian literature appears to be the many exceptions to this unattainable ideal, which, according to the period's madonna-or-harlot polarity, casts these exceptions as fallen women. Deborah Anna Logan presents an unusual study of this image of fallenness in Victorian literature, focusing on the links among angelic ideology, sexuality, and, more important, social deviance." "Logan's study is distinguished by its exclusive focus on women writers, including Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, Harriet Martineau, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Florence Nightingale, Sarah Grand, and Mary Prince. Logan utilizes primary texts from these Victorian writers as well as contemporary critics such as Catherine Gallagher and Elaine Showalter to provide the background on social factors that contributed to the construction of fallen-woman discourse."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-227) and index.".
- catalog description "Preface -- Victorian silences : an ideology of fallen sexuality -- "Marry, stitch, die, or do worse" : the first step to prostitution -- The harlot's progress : "Render up your body, or die" -- Am I my sister's keeper? : sexual deviance and the social community -- Sobriety and propriety : "Her one besetting sin, intemperance" -- Harem life, West and East -- "The problem to be solved, the evil and anomaly to be cured" -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog extent "x, 236 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Fallenness in Victorian women's writing.".
- catalog identifier "0826211755 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Fallenness in Victorian women's writing.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Columbia : University of Missouri Press,".
- catalog relation "Fallenness in Victorian women's writing.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "820.8/09287/09034 21".
- catalog subject "English literature 19th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "English literature Women authors History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Moral conditions in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR115 .L64 1998".
- catalog subject "Prostitutes in literature.".
- catalog subject "Prostitution in literature.".
- catalog subject "Social problems in literature.".
- catalog subject "Unmarried mothers in literature.".
- catalog subject "Women and literature Great Britain History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Women in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- Victorian silences : an ideology of fallen sexuality -- "Marry, stitch, die, or do worse" : the first step to prostitution -- The harlot's progress : "Render up your body, or die" -- Am I my sister's keeper? : sexual deviance and the social community -- Sobriety and propriety : "Her one besetting sin, intemperance" -- Harem life, West and East -- "The problem to be solved, the evil and anomaly to be cured" -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog title "Fallenness in Victorian women's writing : marry, stitch, die, or do worse / Deborah Anna Logan.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".