Anna Jameson
Victorian, Feminist, Woman of Letters
Seiten
1997
Ashgate Publishing Limited (Verlag)
978-1-85928-379-0 (ISBN)
Ashgate Publishing Limited (Verlag)
978-1-85928-379-0 (ISBN)
An exploration of women in literature and art, focusing on the life and work of 19th-century writer Anna Jameson.
Anna Brownwell Jameson (1794-1869) was a central figure in the London world of letters and art in the early Victorian period, and an important feminist writer. Her friends included such figures as Harriet Martineau, Lady Byron, Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. This study considers her life and works, using a different Jameson work as the central focus of each chapter. The author considers the particular non-fiction discourse in which the work is written, as well as such issues as gender and colonialism. Arranged chronologically, the book also charts the growth and development of a determined feminism in the vital years of the early Victorian period, and compares Jameson to her contemporaries.
Anna Brownwell Jameson (1794-1869) was a central figure in the London world of letters and art in the early Victorian period, and an important feminist writer. Her friends included such figures as Harriet Martineau, Lady Byron, Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. This study considers her life and works, using a different Jameson work as the central focus of each chapter. The author considers the particular non-fiction discourse in which the work is written, as well as such issues as gender and colonialism. Arranged chronologically, the book also charts the growth and development of a determined feminism in the vital years of the early Victorian period, and compares Jameson to her contemporaries.
Judith Johnston, University of Western Australia
Contents: Introduction; ’A silent existence’: women and biography; The riddle of history: unhistorical women; Writing Romeo out: rereading Shakespeare’s women; ’Only a traveller’s tale’: gendered discourse in professional travel writing; Metamorphosed and translated: interpreting the terra incognita; Invading the house of Titian: the colonisation of Italian art; Alien aesthetics and the representation of women; ’Throwing down the partition walls’: feminist dialectics and professional work for women; Locations of the major manuscript collections; Bibliography; Works cited.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.6.1997 |
---|---|
Reihe/Serie | The Nineteenth Century Series |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 566 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
ISBN-10 | 1-85928-379-9 / 1859283799 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-85928-379-0 / 9781859283790 |
Zustand | Neuware |
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
Dichtung, Natur und die Verwandlung der Kräfte 1770-1830
Buch | Hardcover (2023)
De Gruyter (Verlag)
59,00 €