A Serious Occupation: Literary Criticism by Victorian Women WritersSolveig C. Robinson Broadview Press, 2003 M02 21 - 328 páginas This anthology of literary criticism by Victorian women of letters brings together a wealth of difficult-to-find writings. Originally published from the 1830s through the 1890s, the essays concern a range of topics including poetry, fiction, non-fiction prose, the roles of literature and of criticism, topical reviews of major works, and retrospectives of major authors. Together, they demonstrate the impressive depth and breadth of Victorian women’s literary criticism. This Broadview anthology also includes an introduction, textual and explanatory notes, author biographies, and suggestions for further reading. |
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... society which alike denies the discipline by which her high powers and sensibilities might be matured , and the objects on which they might be worthily employed ? As a woman , no less than as a Jewess , she is the representative of the ...
... society which alike denies the discipline by which her high powers and sensibilities might be matured , and the objects on which they might be worthily employed ? As a woman , no less than as a Jewess , she is the representative of the ...
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... society now is ! Where are nobler heroes to be found than those who sustain society in the struggle ; and what catastrophe so grand as the downfall of bad institutions , and the issues of a process of reno- vation ? Heroism may now be ...
... society now is ! Where are nobler heroes to be found than those who sustain society in the struggle ; and what catastrophe so grand as the downfall of bad institutions , and the issues of a process of reno- vation ? Heroism may now be ...
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... society shuts them out from other spheres of occupation . Society is a very culpable entity , and has to answer for the manufacture of many unwholesome commodities , from bad pick- les to bad poetry . But society , like “ matter , ” and ...
... society shuts them out from other spheres of occupation . Society is a very culpable entity , and has to answer for the manufacture of many unwholesome commodities , from bad pick- les to bad poetry . But society , like “ matter , ” and ...
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Portia 1832 | 1 |
Achievements of the Genius of Scott December 1832 | 23 |
Review of Vanity Fair and Jane Eyre December 1848 | 46 |
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