A New Woman Reader: Fiction, Articles and Drama of the 1890s

Book Overview

In the 1890s one phrase above all stood as shorthand for the various controversies over gender that swirled throughout the period: "the New Woman." In New Women fiction, progressive writers such as Sarah Grand, George Egerton, and Ella D'Arcy gave imaginative life to the plight of modern women--and reactionaries such as Grant Allen attempted to put women back in their place. In all the leading journals of the day these and other writers argued their cases in essays, letters, and reviews as well as in fiction. This anthology brings together for the first time a representative selection of the most important, interesting, and influential of New Woman writings.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551112957
• ISBN13: 9781551112954
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Broadview Press Inc
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Good textbook

I bought this book for a class on Victorian Literature, so I wasn't sure how enjoyable it would be. The book contains short stories by various New Woman writers and a play about the New Woman, but I enjoyed the articles of the time more. The editors included both sides of the arguement, and the reader is given the opportunity to understand the women writing for more freedom and those denying them this freedom.I probably would not have read this book by my own choice, but I did enjoy it. It is not a bad book, and it is one of the better textbooks that I have been forced to read.