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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... Spectator . " All the same , such general praise did not do justice to her true talent . Although critical judgements tended to be positive , her reviewers failed to make a clear distinction between the major and the minor works . They ...
... Spectator . " All the same , such general praise did not do justice to her true talent . Although critical judgements tended to be positive , her reviewers failed to make a clear distinction between the major and the minor works . They ...
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... Spectator , 5 July 1876 , 769f .: Phoebe is an interesting new type of woman , but worldly and egotistical . The Spectator , 20 Dec. 1892 , 793 : Patty is well drawn , but a repulsive character . The more favourable critic in the ...
... Spectator , 5 July 1876 , 769f .: Phoebe is an interesting new type of woman , but worldly and egotistical . The Spectator , 20 Dec. 1892 , 793 : Patty is well drawn , but a repulsive character . The more favourable critic in the ...
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... Spectator , 29 May 1897 , 771. ( review of Ways of Life ) Spectator , 3 July 1897 , 12-3 ( “ Mrs. Oliphant " ) Spectator , 30 Oct. 1897 , 603. ( review of " The Lady's Walk " ) Spectator , 13 May 1899 , 682-83 . ( review of ...
... Spectator , 29 May 1897 , 771. ( review of Ways of Life ) Spectator , 3 July 1897 , 12-3 ( “ Mrs. Oliphant " ) Spectator , 30 Oct. 1897 , 603. ( review of " The Lady's Walk " ) Spectator , 13 May 1899 , 682-83 . ( review of ...
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Introduction | 1 |
FORMAL CONSIDERATIONS | 17 |
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