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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... and Eliot Oliphant was " the most noteworthy annalist of provin- lope's Barchester , Carlingford is a microcosm of contemporary life THE ROLE OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN SOCIETY The Social and Political Context of Oliphant's Fiction.
... and Eliot Oliphant was " the most noteworthy annalist of provin- lope's Barchester , Carlingford is a microcosm of contemporary life THE ROLE OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN SOCIETY The Social and Political Context of Oliphant's Fiction.
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... role - playing is clearly subversive . Like Austen's Emma , Oliphant's protagonists utilise social roles to gain carte blanche for their plans and manoeuvres . However , they never have to regret meddling in other people's lives , as ...
... role - playing is clearly subversive . Like Austen's Emma , Oliphant's protagonists utilise social roles to gain carte blanche for their plans and manoeuvres . However , they never have to regret meddling in other people's lives , as ...
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... roles she re- futes stock prejudices and constantly parodies Ruskin's assertion that the man is " eminently the doer , the ... role for which they possess neither the energy nor the moral stature . They are anxious to detect " female ...
... roles she re- futes stock prejudices and constantly parodies Ruskin's assertion that the man is " eminently the doer , the ... role for which they possess neither the energy nor the moral stature . They are anxious to detect " female ...
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Introduction | 1 |
FORMAL CONSIDERATIONS | 17 |
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