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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A Subversive View of Traditional Themes Margarete Rubik. PLOT 1 ) Development of Plot Nineteenth - century critics already realised that Oliphant's talent lies in presenting single scenes and satirising character . Her stories , critics ...
A Subversive View of Traditional Themes Margarete Rubik. PLOT 1 ) Development of Plot Nineteenth - century critics already realised that Oliphant's talent lies in presenting single scenes and satirising character . Her stories , critics ...
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... plot , since Pamela marries shortly afterwards . In John the protagonist's heroism during the bank fire does nothing to change the manager's aversion to him . Both incidents yield no results apart from strained nerves and burns ...
... plot , since Pamela marries shortly afterwards . In John the protagonist's heroism during the bank fire does nothing to change the manager's aversion to him . Both incidents yield no results apart from strained nerves and burns ...
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... plot as critics would sometimes suggest . Besides , the episodic sequence and the broad spectrum of sub - plots favoured by Oliphant are in no way unsuited to social comedies , which represent Oliphant's true strength . Novels like Miss ...
... plot as critics would sometimes suggest . Besides , the episodic sequence and the broad spectrum of sub - plots favoured by Oliphant are in no way unsuited to social comedies , which represent Oliphant's true strength . Novels like Miss ...
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Introduction | 1 |
FORMAL CONSIDERATIONS | 17 |
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