Chastity and Transgression in Women's Writing, 1792-1897

Working at the intersections of feminist literary criticism, new historicism, and narratology, Chastity and Transgression in Women's Writing revises current understandings of nineteenth-century representations of prostitution, female sexuality and the 'rights of woman' debate. Eberle's project explores the connections and disjunctures between women writing during the Romantic period and those working throughout the Victorian era. She considers a wide range of authors including Mary Wollstonecraft, Amelia Opie, Mary Hays, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Sarah Grand.

"Clearly written and meticulously researched, this volume is recommended for readers at all levels." - Choice

Autorentext
ROXANNE EBERLE is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Georgia.

Inhalt
Introduction: Interrupting the Harlot's Progress Imagining the Sexualized Heroine: Mary Wollstonecraft, the Feminist Treatise, and The Wrongs of Woman A 'Legion of Wollstonecrafts' 'To Think, To Decide, and to Act': Radical Fictions of Transgressions and Vindication Diverting the Libertine Gaze: Amelia Opie's Adeline Mowbray Victorian Reclamations: Elizabeth Gaskell's Protective Fictions in Mary Barton and Ruth Rewriting the 'Vile Text': Christina Rossetti and the Poetics of Social Reform Reaping the Fruits of Resistance: Josephine Butler and Sarah Grand Writing the New Wollstonecraft Endnotes Works Cited Index