Married, Middlebrow, and Militant: Sarah Grand and the New Woman Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (812 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0472109774 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"deep research and important recovery work" according to A Customer. For anyone interested in the sadly neglected British author Sarah Grand, or the phenomenon she named -- the new woman -- this book is a must. The research is incredible and the writing is unusually clear and even moving for a work of criticism. I've only read one novel by Grand -- The Heavenly Twins -- but this book made me want to read more. I read a library copy of Magnum's book, but I wish it would come out in paperback so I can get my own, since as a teacher and reader I will want to consult it in the future.. A Customer said bring back Sarah Grand. There are a few discussions of the greatly neglected Sarah Grand in other books, but this is THE BOOK on this important WOMAN WRITER. I thought that this was a biography at first, but it's not. It really gets into the Victorian period, and I learned a lot. I have only read one Sarah Grand book, but I want to read them all now! Are they in print?
British author and activist Sarah Grand (1854-1943) took center stage, popularizing the term "New Woman," marching for suffrage, lecturing from platforms in Britain and America, and publishing fiction and essays that challenged the most powerful obstacle to middle-class militancy--marriage.Married, Middle-Brow, and Militant indicates that Grand's dedication to reforming rather than abandoning marriage was based on the belief that changing the institution would lead to the legal, social, and personal transformation of both men and women. Deftly combining biography and criticism, the book also documents the antagonism of conventional critics to both the New Woman and new and popular forms of fiction that are still denigrated as middle-brow."Mangum's clear prose and her attention to Grand's biography as well as her fiction will make this project of interest to a broad audience." --Ann Ardis, University of DelawareTeresa Mangum is Associate Professor of English, University of Iowa.. Between 1880 and 1920, the New Wo