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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... ( Miss Marjoribanks , 47,442f . ) Miss Marjoribanks is certainly Oliphant's masterpiece in this genre , a splendid " mock domestic epic " 16 , in which the author pulls the stops of her humour . The resolute heroine , whose story is told ...
... ( Miss Marjoribanks , 47,442f . ) Miss Marjoribanks is certainly Oliphant's masterpiece in this genre , a splendid " mock domestic epic " 16 , in which the author pulls the stops of her humour . The resolute heroine , whose story is told ...
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... Miss Marjoribanks and Phoebe , Junior . Originally Brownlows was intended to be part of the series and to continue the plot of " The Executor " , but Blackwood , disappointed by the failure of Miss Marjoribanks , refused to continue the ...
... Miss Marjoribanks and Phoebe , Junior . Originally Brownlows was intended to be part of the series and to continue the plot of " The Executor " , but Blackwood , disappointed by the failure of Miss Marjoribanks , refused to continue the ...
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... Marjoribanks ' hands and feet are a bit on the large side , and her unruly hair will not al- low itself to be tamed into gentle curls . Just like Diana Trelawny and ... Miss Marjoribanks . father about her plans and intentions . In " The 115.
... Marjoribanks ' hands and feet are a bit on the large side , and her unruly hair will not al- low itself to be tamed into gentle curls . Just like Diana Trelawny and ... Miss Marjoribanks . father about her plans and intentions . In " The 115.
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Introduction | 1 |
FORMAL CONSIDERATIONS | 17 |
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