Virginia Woolf and the Nineteenth-Century Domestic Novel

Virginia Woolf and the Nineteenth-Century Domestic Novel
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 302
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ISBN-10 : 9780791479926
ISBN-13 : 0791479927
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Book Synopsis Virginia Woolf and the Nineteenth-Century Domestic Novel by : Emily Blair

Download or read book Virginia Woolf and the Nineteenth-Century Domestic Novel written by Emily Blair and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-16 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Virginia Woolf and the Nineteenth-Century Domestic Novel, Emily Blair explores how nineteenth-century descriptions of femininity saturate both Woolf's fiction and her modernist manifestos. Moving between the Victorian and modernist periods, Blair looks at a range of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century sources, including the literature of conduct and household management, as well as autobiography, essay, poetry, and fiction. She argues for a reevaluation of Woolf's persistent yet vexed fascination with English domesticity and female creativity by juxtaposing the novels of Elizabeth Gaskell and Margaret Oliphant, two popular Victorian novelists, against Woolf's own novels and essays. Blair then traces unacknowledged lines of influence and complex interpretations that Woolf attempted to disavow. While reconsidering Woolf's analysis of women and fiction, Blair simultaneously deepens our appreciation of Woolf's work and advances our understanding of feminine aesthetics.


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