Margaret Harkness : writing social engagement, 1880-1921 / edited by Flore Janssen and Lisa C. Robertson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Janssen, Flore, editor.

Robertson, Lisa C., editor.

Clyde de Loache Ryals Endowed Acquisition Fund.

Series:

Interventions: rethinking the nineteenth century (Series)

Interventions. Rethinking the nineteenth century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women authors, English.

Women's rights.

History.

Social reformers.

Women social reformers.

Feminists.

Great Britain.

Harkness, Margaret, 1854-1923--Political and social views.

Harkness, Margaret.

Harkness, Margaret, 1854-1923--Criticism and interpretation.

Feminists--Great Britain.

Women social reformers--Great Britain.

Social reformers--Great Britain.

Women's rights--Great Britain--History.

Women--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Women.

Social conditions.

Women authors, English--19th century.

Authors, English--19th century.

Authors, English.

Political and social views.

Women--Social conditions.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xxi, 237 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Margaret Harkness is the first book to bring together research on the life and work of a writer, activist and traveller at the forefront of literary innovation and social change at the turn of the twentieth century. Its multidisciplinary approach combines recently uncovered biographical information with rich contextual information to illuminate the extensive career of a writer committed to exposing the exploitation of individuals and the plight of marginalised communities worldwide. The critical essays range from new considerations of Harkness's well-known novels to examinations of lesser-known periodical fiction and journalism, her relationship with contemporaries such as Olive Schreiner and W.T. Stead, and her life and work abroad in Australia and India. The book gives substance to women's social engagement and political involvement in a period prior to their formal enfranchisement and enriches understanding of the complex and dynamic world of the long nineteenth century.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Harkness's life and work

1. A law unto herself: the solitary odyssey of M. E. Harkness / Terry Elkiss

2. Absent character: from Margaret Harkness to John Law / Tabitha Sparks

pt. II In Harkness's London

3. Walking Margaret Harkness's London / Nadia Valman

4. "The problem of leisure/what to do for pleasure': women and leisure time in A City Girl (1887) and In Darkest London (1891) / Eliza Cubitt

5. The vicissitudes of victory: Margaret Harkness, George Eastmont, Wanderer (1905), and the 1889 Dockworkers' Strike / David Glover

pt. III Harkness and genre: rethinking slum fiction

6. Soundscapes of the city in Margaret Harkness, A City Girl (1887), Henry James, The Princess Casamassima (1885

86), and Katharine Buildings, Whitechapel / Ruth Livesey

7. Margaret Harkness, novelist: social semantics and experiments in fiction / Lynne Hapgood

8. `Connie': melodrama and Tory socialism / Deborah Mutch

pt. IV Personal influences: Harkness and her contemporaries

9. Socialism, suffering, and religious mystery: Margaret Harkness and Olive Schreiner / Angharad Eyre

10. Margaret Harkness, W. T. Stead, and the transatlantic social gospel network / Helena Goodwyn

pt. V After London: Harkness's life and work in the twentieth century

11. Through the mill: Margaret Harkness on conjectural history and utilitarian philosophy / Lisa C. Robertson

12. Lasting ties: Margaret Harkness, the Salvation Army, and A Curate's Promise (1921) / Flore Janssen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clyde de Loache Ryals Endowed Acquisition Fund.

Other Format:

Ebook version :

ISBN:

9781526123503

1526123509

OCLC:

1083098912

Publisher Number:

99983583443