The Victorian woman question in contemporary feminist fiction

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"Setting their novels in the Victorian period, some of the most respected and exciting writers in Britain and America (including Margaret Atwood, A.S. Byatt, Toni Morrison, Sarah Waters and Angela Carter) have engaged closely with the religious, scientific and literary discourses that attempted to define and imprison women. But in addition, they show through a rich variety of fictional creations how women challenged the power of those discourses, and fought for the kind of sexual and professional freedom which continue to be central to feminism today."--Jacket.

subjects: English Feminist fiction,  English Historical fiction,  English fiction,  Feminism and literature,  Feminism in literature,  Historiography,  History,  History and criticism,  Sex role in literature,  Women,  Women and literature,  Women authors,  Women in literature,  Historical fiction, history and criticism,  English fiction, history and criticism, 20th century,  English fiction, women authors,  Women, great britain,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Vrouwenemancipatie,  Feminisme,  Victoriaanse tijd,  Gender studies: women,  Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900,  Literary studies: from c 1900 -.,  Literary essays,  Society

Places: English-speaking countries,  Great Britain

Times: 19th century,  20th century