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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... example , in which the fairy - tale language depicting Rose Cottage in The Cuckoo in the Nest is ironically juxtaposed with the malice of the owner , who is thus implicitly equated with a witch in her gingerbread house . It was a small ...
... example , in which the fairy - tale language depicting Rose Cottage in The Cuckoo in the Nest is ironically juxtaposed with the malice of the owner , who is thus implicitly equated with a witch in her gingerbread house . It was a small ...
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... example is the delaying tactic employed in Squire Arden , where the hero , for no apparent reason and for chapters on end , neglects to read the portentous letters he has found . In Harry Muir the whole plot is saturated with ...
... example is the delaying tactic employed in Squire Arden , where the hero , for no apparent reason and for chapters on end , neglects to read the portentous letters he has found . In Harry Muir the whole plot is saturated with ...
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... example of Oliphant's unreflected prejudice is the description of two fellow travellers in The Laird of Norlaw . After the long journey the unpleasant Frenchman looks - particular , that Oliphant ironically reproduces the political and ...
... example of Oliphant's unreflected prejudice is the description of two fellow travellers in The Laird of Norlaw . After the long journey the unpleasant Frenchman looks - particular , that Oliphant ironically reproduces the political and ...
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Introduction | 1 |
FORMAL CONSIDERATIONS | 17 |
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