Subversive Discourse: The Cultural Production of Late Victorian Feminist Novels

by Rita S. Kranidis

Overview

Kranidis's study is motivated by questions concerning notions of aesthetics and literary value as defined in the context of Late Victorian culture. By first refiguring the prominence of the feminist political agenda and the cultural construction of the 'New Woman', it seeks to examine how feminist, politically motivated authors sought to intrude upon and challenge aesthetic proscriptions that impacted on gender. The aesthetic/literary and social/political realms intersect consistently in the literature of the period, and this study points to the instances and ramifications of these intersections.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312107390
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	03/08/1995
Edition description:	1995
Pages:	142
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Rita S. Kranidis is Assistant Professor of English at Radford University.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Late Victorian Cultural Subjectivity: Identity Crises and Protest - 'The Idea is the Fact': Art's Interiority and Literary Production - The Politics of Publication: Women in the Literary Marketplace - Late Victorian Feminist Discursive Aesthetics - Defining the Political: The 'Realistic Appropriation' - Works Cited

Editorial Reviews

Investigates the circumstances surrounding the production of late Victorian feminist novels, delving into the politics and ideologies the novels addressed and challenged. Kranidis also discusses the way aesthetic ideologies served to contain and negate progressive literary agendas such as that of the feminists and the narrative and textual strategies devised by feminists to ensure their texts' publication in the literary marketplace. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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