The Woman and the Hour : : Harriet Martineau and Victorian Ideologies / / Caroline Roberts.
Harriet Martineau was a major figure in the Victorian period and a prominent speaker in a number of contemporary cultural debates, including racism, atheism, abolitionism, and the status of women. Her various novels, essays, and articles generated tremendous controversy in their reception as they fo...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2002 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Contexts and Controversies
- 1. Gendered Discourses and a Sociology of Texts: Illustrations of Political Economy (1832-4)
- 2. The Linguistic Structure of American Society
- 3. Realism and Feminism: Deerbrook (1839
- 4. History and Romance: The Hour and the Man (1841)
- 5. Invalidism, Mesmerism, and the Medical Profession: Life in the Sick-Room (1844) and Letters on Mesmerism (1844)
- 6. History and Religious Faith: Eastern Life, Present and Past (1848)
- 7. Shaking the Faith: Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development (1851)
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index