The language of gender and class : transformation in the Victorian novel / Patricia Ingham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ingham, Patricia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Literature and society--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Literature and society.

Women and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Women and literature.

Social classes in literature.

Sex role in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : New York : Routledge, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Language of Gender and Class challenges widely-held assumptions about the study of the Victorian novel. Lucid, multilayered and cogently argued, this volume will provoke debate and encourage students and scholars to rethink their views on nineteenth-century literature. Examining six novels, Patricia Ingham demonstrates that none of the writers, male or female, easily accept stereotypes of gender and class. The classic figures of Angel and Whore are reassessed and modified. And the result, argues Ingham, is that the treatment of gender by the late nineteenth century is released

Contents:

The Language of Gender and Class Transformation in the Victorian Novel; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on references; 1 The Representation of Society in the Early Nineteenth Century; 2 The Interlocked Coding of Class and Gender; 3 Shirley; 4 North and South; 5 Hard Times; 6 Changes in the Representation of Class in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century; 7 Felix Holt; 8 The Unclassed; 9 Jude The Obscure; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-189) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-89134-2

1-134-89135-0

1-280-32131-8

0-203-41869-7

OCLC:

51821694