Concepts of Femininity in Victorian Literature

Authors

  • Andrea Rönz Bonn, Leiterin Stadtarchiv Linz am Rhein

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14766/315

Keywords:

Beruf, Literatur, Neuzeit, Rollen, Geschlecht, Gender

Abstract

The Victorian era marks a disproportionate increase of female authors, particularly of novels but also of other literary genres. Authors such as Charlotte and Emily Brontë, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Christina Rossetti or Harriet Martineau reflect a society in which the role of the woman is ideologically defined as the „angel of the house“ in their writings. Silvia Mergenthal examines the actual perspectives of British women from Nineteenth Century texts, using extensive examples.

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Published

2004-11-09

Issue

No. 14 (2004): Väter Mütter

Section

Offener Teil

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Copyright (c) 2004 Andrea Rönz

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