Godiva's Ride: Women of Letters in England, 1830â "1880

Mermin, Dorothy

ISBN 10: 0253208246 / ISBN 13: 9780253208248

Published by Indiana University Press, 1993

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Synopsis:

Victorian England saw the first great flowering of women's writing in English. During this era the works of many women - the Bront's, Elizabeth Gaskell, George Eliot, Margaret Oliphant, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, Harriet Martineau, and others - first entered the mainstream of English literature. In "Godiva's Ride", Dorothy Mermin describes how women were encouraged to become writers, how they were discouraged and hindered, and what they wrote - novels, poetry, and nonfiction prose. Beginning with the childhood and adolescence of Barrett Browning, Charlotte Bront', and Eliot, ambitious young women who sought to enter the male-dominated literary tradition, Mermin examines their families, the books they read, their education, and religious and cultural values that shaped their careers.

About the Authors:

DOROTHY MERMIN, Professor of English at Cornell University, is the author of Elizabeth Barrett Browning: The Origins of a New Poetry and The Audience in the Poem: Five Victorian Poets.

DOROTHY MERMIN, Professor of English at Cornell University, is the author ofElizabeth Barrett Browning: The Origins of a New Poetry and The Audience in the Poem: Five VictorianPoets.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Godiva's Ride: Women of Letters in England, ...
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good