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idleness and feminine self-realization in the Victorian novel
"Boredom in these works is an important means through which female characters are able to achieve a greater sense of self-awareness. The author examines both the deleterious and restorative aspects of boredom and shows how this subtle theme has continued to be used by more modern authors"--Provided by publisher.
Avoiding the boring : boredom, beauty, and narrative in Jane Eyre -- The complexion of boredom in Middlemarch -- Life on a Grecian urn : boredom, beauty, and stasis in the Portrait of a lady -- "The proper stuff of fiction"--a look forward -- Postscript : boredom's beauty : Victorian visual representations of a pervasive mental state.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Self-consciousness (Awareness) in literature