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Unbecoming Women : British Women Writers and the Novel of Development /

Fraiman, Susan

Unbecoming Women : British Women Writers and the Novel of Development / Susan Fraiman. - 1 online resource - Gender and Culture .

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Is There a Female Bildungsroman -- 2. Getting Waylaid in Evelina -- 3. The Humiliation of Elizabeth Bennet -- 4. Jane Eyre's Fall from Grace -- 5. The Mill on the Floss, the Critics, and the Bildungsroman -- Afterword -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

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Presents a study of female authors including Burney, Austen, Bronte, and Eliot, who all wrote in England during the Georgian and Victorian periods in an attempt to address the issue of female character development.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780231944908 9780231898935

10.7312/frai94490 doi


LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors.