The Novels of Mrs. Oliphant: A Subversive View of Traditional ThemesP. Lang, 1994 - 343 páginas Margarete Oliphant (1828-1897) has long been decried as a conventional hack. This study shows that she was, in fact, an original and quite subversive writer, who radically re-interpreted traditional motifs and challenged values and ideals sacrosanct to the age. In her novels she turned upside down Victorian stereotypes of gender roles, marriage and family hierarchy, presented religious questions, death-bed scenes and the hereafter from a new and unconventional angle, and in her portrayal dispensed with models almost all of her contemporaries were content to follow. She deserves a permanent place in the gallery of nineteenth-century authors. |
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... Mary , and not by the child Mary . As stated already , the narrative point of view is not quite plausible . Oliphant mastered the problems of narrative motivation and of effectively contrasting contradicting narrative voices in one of ...
... Mary , and not by the child Mary . As stated already , the narrative point of view is not quite plausible . Oliphant mastered the problems of narrative motivation and of effectively contrasting contradicting narrative voices in one of ...
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... Mary . Unlike Gaskell , Oliphant shows more sympathy with the charming worldly mother , despite all her selfish ... Mary about his forthcoming second marriage is adapted by Oliphant in " The Two Marys " . Oliphant's Mary , however ...
... Mary . Unlike Gaskell , Oliphant shows more sympathy with the charming worldly mother , despite all her selfish ... Mary about his forthcoming second marriage is adapted by Oliphant in " The Two Marys " . Oliphant's Mary , however ...
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... Mary learns that her charge still loves her , she re- turns to heaven , purified in heart and happy . The will is later chanced upon , yet the question of the inheritance , one central to many novels by the author , is not the focus of ...
... Mary learns that her charge still loves her , she re- turns to heaven , purified in heart and happy . The will is later chanced upon , yet the question of the inheritance , one central to many novels by the author , is not the focus of ...
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Introduction | 1 |
FORMAL CONSIDERATIONS | 17 |
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