Gothic Feminism: The Professionalization of Gender from Charlotte Smith to the Brontes (Hardcover)

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An examination of the gothic novels of writers such as Charlotte Smith, Ann Radcliffe, Jane Austen and Mary Shelley, showing how they helped define femininity for women of the British middle class. Hoeveler argues that the gothic novel created a new social role of professional victim for women.

About the Author

Diane Long Hoeveler is Associate Professor of English and Coordinator of the Women's Studies Program at Marquette University. She is the author of Romantic Androgyny: The Women Within (Penn State, 1990) and co-author of Charlotte Brontz' (Macmillan/Twayne, 1997). --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 250 pages
• Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0271018097
• ISBN-13: 978-0271018096
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
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