Mobility and Modernity in Women's Novels, 1850s-1930s : Women Moving Dangerously /

Analyzing novels by women writers from the 1850s to the 1930s, this book argues that representations of mobility offer a fruitful way to explore the location of women within modernity and, specifically, the opportunities for (or limitations on) women's agency in this period, considering the mob...

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Main Author: Parkins, Wendy (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
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Summary:Analyzing novels by women writers from the 1850s to the 1930s, this book argues that representations of mobility offer a fruitful way to explore the location of women within modernity and, specifically, the opportunities for (or limitations on) women's agency in this period, considering the mobility of the female subject in the city and beyond.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VI, 198 pages)
ISBN:9780230583115
DOI:10.1057/9780230583115