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Description:An understanding of a vanished age, a period close in time, distant in mores, that nevertheless still shapes our identities, attitudes and practices is achieved through the critical evaluation of four women authors writing for children during the Victorian period. This book provides a critical and biographical exploration of the lives and works of four forgotten, once critically acclaimed, popular and influential British female Victorian children's authors - Hesba Stretton: 1832-1911; Mrs. Molesworth: 1839-1921; 'Brenda' (Georgina Castle Smith): 1845-1934; Flora Louisa Shaw: 1852-1929.Individual studies of each author analyse and evaluate their contribution to children's and family literature and their socio-political influence in the light of contemporary insights into class, religion, gender and society. The individual stance of these women and their common goal of moral improvement reveal the convolutions and contradictions of the Victorian frame of mind.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Victorian Quartet: Four Forgotten Women Writers. To get started finding A Victorian Quartet: Four Forgotten Women Writers, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 298

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Pied Piper Publishing

Release: 2008

ISBN: 0955210658

Description: An understanding of a vanished age, a period close in time, distant in mores, that nevertheless still shapes our identities, attitudes and practices is achieved through the critical evaluation of four women authors writing for children during the Victorian period. This book provides a critical and biographical exploration of the lives and works of four forgotten, once critically acclaimed, popular and influential British female Victorian children's authors - Hesba Stretton: 1832-1911; Mrs. Molesworth: 1839-1921; 'Brenda' (Georgina Castle Smith): 1845-1934; Flora Louisa Shaw: 1852-1929.Individual studies of each author analyse and evaluate their contribution to children's and family literature and their socio-political influence in the light of contemporary insights into class, religion, gender and society. The individual stance of these women and their common goal of moral improvement reveal the convolutions and contradictions of the Victorian frame of mind.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Victorian Quartet: Four Forgotten Women Writers. To get started finding A Victorian Quartet: Four Forgotten Women Writers, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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