Landscape and gender in the novels of Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy : the body of nature /

Examining representations of physical and metaphorical landscape in Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot and Thomas Hardy, Henson explores the way gender attitudes are expressed, both in descriptions of physical and metaphorical landscape and in the idea of nature, through the gendered voices of the narra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Henson, Eithne, 1934-
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2011]
Series:	Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)
Subjects:	English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism. Landscapes in literature. Nature in literature. Gender identity in literature. Social role in literature. Brontë, Charlotte, > 1816-1855 > Criticism and interpretation. Eliot, George, > 1819-1880 > Criticism and interpretation. Hardy, Thomas, > 1840-1928 > Criticism and interpretation. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Fields of enquiry
Charlotte Brontë : Jane Eyre ; Shirley
George Eliot : Scenes of clerical life ; "Mr. Gilfil's love story" ; "Janet's repentance" ; Adam Bede ; The mill on the floss ; Middlemarch ; Daniel Deronda
Thomas Hardy : Far from the madding crowd ; The return of the native ; The woodlanders ; Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Conclusion.