Traditions of Victorian Women's Autobiography

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"Arguing that women's autobiography does not represent a singular separate tradition but instead embraces multiple lineages, Linda H. Peterson explores the poetics and politics of these diverse forms of life writing. She carefully analyzes the polemical Autobiography of Harriet Martineau and Personal Recollections of Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, the missionary memoirs that challenge Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, the Romantic autobiographies of the poet and poetess that Barrett Browning reconstructs in Aurora Leigh, the professional life stories of Margaret Oliphant and her contemporaries, and the Brontean and Eliotian bifurcations of Mary Cholmondeley's memoirs."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: History and criticism,  Autobiography,  English prose literature,  Women authors,  History,  Political aspects of Autobiography,  Women and literature,  Biography,  English prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.,  English prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.,  Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.,  Autobiography -- Political aspects -- Great Britain.,  Autobiography -- Women authors.,  Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Biography -- History and criticism.,  Autobiography, women authors,  Women, great britain,  Women, biography,  Great britain, history, victoria, 1837-1901,  Histoire,  Biographies,  Histoire et critique,  Prose anglaise,  Femmes et littérature,  Autobiographie,  Aspect politique,  Écrits de femmes autobiographiques,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Autobiografieën,  Engels,  Vrouwelijke auteurs,  English Literature,  English,  Languages & Literatures,  Political aspects

Places: Great Britain

Times: 19th century,  Victoria, 1837-1901