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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... hand red with his sister's ( metaphorical ) blood " ( Miss Marjoribanks , 48,449 ) ; but for the public at large Cavendish's honest intentions are far more scandalous than his compromising an unpopular and socially unacceptable woman ...
... hand red with his sister's ( metaphorical ) blood " ( Miss Marjoribanks , 48,449 ) ; but for the public at large Cavendish's honest intentions are far more scandalous than his compromising an unpopular and socially unacceptable woman ...
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... hand , Cavendish stops being a serious candidate for Lucilla Marjoribanks ' hand when it transpires that the socialite is really the son of a Newmarket trainer ; by birth he is just about good enough for the art teacher's daughter . In ...
... hand , Cavendish stops being a serious candidate for Lucilla Marjoribanks ' hand when it transpires that the socialite is really the son of a Newmarket trainer ; by birth he is just about good enough for the art teacher's daughter . In ...
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... 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 ... hand , Lucilla enjoys Oliphant's approval , although she never consults her - an 4 Siefert , 1. In Lady Georgiana ...
... 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 ... hand , Lucilla enjoys Oliphant's approval , although she never consults her - an 4 Siefert , 1. In Lady Georgiana ...
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Introduction | 1 |
FORMAL CONSIDERATIONS | 17 |
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