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100 1 _aJohnson, R. Brimley
_q(Reginald Brimley),
_d1867-1932
245 1 4 _aThe women novelists
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2022-09-08
505 0 _aIntroduction: before Miss Burney -- The first woman novelist: Fanny Burney -- A picture of youth: Fanny Burney's "Camilla" -- "Cecilia" to "Sense and Sensibility": writers from 1782-1811 -- A study in fine art: Jane Austen, 1775-1817 -- A "most accomplished coquette": Jane Austen's "Lady Susan" -- Parallel passages: Jane Austen and Fanny Burney -- "Persuasion" to "Jane Eyre": writers from 1818-1847 -- A lonely soul: Charlotte Brontë, 1816-1855 -- "Jane Eyre" to "Scenes of clerical life": writers from 1847-1858 -- A professional woman: George Eliot, 1819-1880 -- The great four: Burney, Austen, Brontë, George Eliot -- The woman's man: An ideal and a point of view -- Personalities: Character analysis and biographical outlines -- Conclusion -- Appendix: list of minor writers.
508 _aThe Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
520 _a"The Women Novelists" by R. Brimley Johnson is a literary critical work created in the early 20th century. This book focuses on the contributions of notable female novelists to the evolution of the novel and explores the unique perspectives women brought to literature, particularly during the periods of early modernity. Johnson aims to shed light on the emergence and significance of women's voices in the literary world, highlighting authors such as Fanny Burney, Jane Austen, and the Brontë sisters. At the start, Johnson presents an introduction detailing the historical context of women novelists before the Victorian era, arguing that their contributions have often been overshadowed by their male counterparts. He notes that while early female authors frequently imitated male styles and themes, there was a notable shift as women began to develop their distinct voices and perspectives in literature. The opening also touches upon the evolution from the romanticized depictions of women's experiences to a more nuanced and realistic representation of female characters, which became increasingly prominent in the writing of the women discussed in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited Kingdom: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1918
653 _aEnglish fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
653 _aEnglish fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism
653 _aWomen and literature -- Great Britain -- History
653 _aEnglish fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism
856 4 _uhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t6f18ww3q
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68939
999 _c109743
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