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BL
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1003497
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b757867
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| Main Entry
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Parkins, Wendy.
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| Title & Author
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Mobility and modernity in women's novels, 1850s-1930s : : women moving dangerously /\ Wendy Parkins.
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| Publication Statement
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Basingstoke [England] ;New York :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2009.
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| Page. NO
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vi, 198 pages ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0230525423
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: 9780230525429
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-190) and index.
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| Contents
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Modernity, mobility and women's agency -- Myths of mobility, myths of modernity -- Locating modernity: the lady vanishes? -- The 'emotional geographies' of women's modernity -- Home and away -- North and south -- Adam Bede -- Travelling companions -- Moths -- Miss Brown -- The new woman's 'wheels of daily existence' -- The daughters of Danaus -- Red pottage -- Street politics -- The convert -- Clash -- Moving dangerously -- Cold comfort farm -- To the north -- Destinations of the modern woman -- Encountering others: Vernon Lee and Virginia Woolf -- Surprised by joy(riding): May Sinclair -- The long trip home.
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| Abstract
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"Novels by women writers from the period of the 1850s to the 1930s frequently represent women in motion, whether travelling the Continent, leaving the family home for an independent life, walking through the countryside, or simply catching the train. Examining these diverse representations of mobility, this book argues it is possible to consider women's place in modernity and the opportunities for (or limitations on) women's agency in this period. Much previous discussion of women's mobility in modernity has focused almost exclusively on women's increasing movement within urban contexts but this book widens the frame to consider the mobility of the female subject beyond the city as well in order to demonstrate the complexities of the position and agency of modern women."--Jacket.
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Civilization, Modern, in literature.
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English literature-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
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Social mobility in literature.
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Women and literature-- English-speaking countries-- History-- 19th century.
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Women and literature-- English-speaking countries-- History-- 20th century.
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Women authors, English-- Political and social views.
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Civilization, Modern, in literature.
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Civilization, Modern, in literature.
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Engelsk litteratur-- kvinnliga författare-- historia.
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Engelska kvinnliga författare-- politiska och sociala åsikter.
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English literature-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
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English literature-- Women authors.
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Kvinnor och litteraturen-- historia-- Engelskspråkiga länder-- 1800-talet-- 1900-talet.
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Social mobility in literature.
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Social mobility in literature.
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Social rörlighet i litteraturen.
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Women and literature-- English-speaking countries-- History-- 19th century.
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Women and literature-- English-speaking countries-- History-- 20th century.
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Women and literature.
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Women authors, English-- Political and social views.
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English-speaking countries.
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| Dewey Classification
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823/.8099287
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| LC Classification
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PR111.P37 2009
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