Women's university fiction, 1880-1945 / by Anna Bogen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bogen, Anna, author.

Series:

Literary texts and the popular marketplace ; no. 5.

Literary texts and the popular marketplace ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College stories, English--History and criticism.

College stories, English.

Universities and colleges in literature.

College students in literature.

English fiction--Women authors.

English fiction.

English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

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

Literature and society--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 223 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Pickering & Chatto, 2014.

Summary:

The rise of the middle classes brought a sharp increase in the number of young men and women able to attend university. Developing in the wake of this increase, the university novel often centred on male undergraduates at either Oxford or Cambridge. Bogen argues that an analysis of the lesser known female narratives can provide new insights into education, religion, politics, literary culture and sexuality. Works by Virginia Woolf, Rosamond Lehman and Vera Brittain - as well as many forgotten writers - are used as case studies and are set in their literary and historical context. The female university novel is shown to be less a universal tale of coming-of-age and more fraught with struggle and compromise.

Contents:

1. From public scandal to minority pleasure : the form, content and readership of the university Bildungsroman

2. 'The praise of uselessness' : liberal education

3. 'Gentlewomen, scholars and saints' : religion

4. 'Home without an aspidistra' : the home, the college and the local

5. The divided self and the communal cause : war, politics and the self

6. 'Delightfully self-assured, delightfully self-conscious' : the undergraduate literary scene

7. 'Eros in academe' : sexuality and the body.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781317319566

1317319567

9781781440391

1781440395

9781315654607

1315654601

9781317319573

1317319575

9781781443897

1781443890

OCLC:

958106207