Unsex'd Revolutionaries: Five Women Novelists of the 1790's

Eleanor Ty

Published by University of Toronto Press 1993

Unsex'd Revolutionaries

Five Women Novelists of the 1790's

Eleanor Ty

In the series Theory / Culture

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442682962

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Using historical and feminist psycho-linguistic studies as a base, Ty explores some of the complexities encountered in the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Hays, Helen Maria Williams, Elizabeth Inchbald, and Charlotte Smith

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Ty Eleanor :

Eleanor Ty is a professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Female Confinement Literalized The Wrongs of Woman; or, Maria Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
2. Breaking the 'Magic Circle' From Repression to Effusion in Memoirs of Emma Courtney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
3. The Mother and Daughter The Dangers of Replication in The Victim of Prejudice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
4. Resisting the Phallic A Return to Maternal Values in Julia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
5. Disruption and Containment The Mother and D er in A Simple Story Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
6. Resisting the Symbolic Exile and Exclusion in Nature and Art Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
7. Contradictory Narratives Feminine Ideals in Emmeline Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
8. Revolutionary Politics Domesticity and Monarchy in Desmond Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
9. Celebrating the Ex-Centric Maternal Influence in The Young Philosopher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 189

eBook

Published: August 4, 1993
ISBN: 9781442682962