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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... middle class is marked by the same feeling of cultural superiority and an ironical scorn for bad manners and ignorance , as is seen in her famous depiction of the Dissenters in Salem Chapel . The leading members of this congrega- tion ...
... middle class is marked by the same feeling of cultural superiority and an ironical scorn for bad manners and ignorance , as is seen in her famous depiction of the Dissenters in Salem Chapel . The leading members of this congrega- tion ...
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... middle class is col- oured by snobbery , although the satire may at times be amusing . 4 ) The Lower Classes The lower classes are usually banished to the periphery of Oliphant's novels and generally play a completely subordinate role ...
... middle class is col- oured by snobbery , although the satire may at times be amusing . 4 ) The Lower Classes The lower classes are usually banished to the periphery of Oliphant's novels and generally play a completely subordinate role ...
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... middle classes.34 In reality she does not re- 32 Cf. , e.g. , National Review , 16 ( 1863 ) , 352 ; Baker , History , 204 ; Hart , 99 . 33 It is not only the Nonconformist Vincent who is guided by personal sen- timents , the Anglican ...
... middle classes.34 In reality she does not re- 32 Cf. , e.g. , National Review , 16 ( 1863 ) , 352 ; Baker , History , 204 ; Hart , 99 . 33 It is not only the Nonconformist Vincent who is guided by personal sen- timents , the Anglican ...
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Introduction | 1 |
FORMAL CONSIDERATIONS | 17 |
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