The chain mistress : Breaking the chains / Rebecca Bryn.
Rebecca Bryn author
كتاب<i>Strathallan</i> (1816) is at once a conventional and subversive romance. LeFanu is informed by the work of earlier eighteenth-century society satirists, such as Frances Brooke and Frances Burney, yet at the same time her interests coincide with those of her more immediate contemporaries, Scott and Austen. The novel addresses central themes of adultery, obsession and inheritance. It follows the fortunes of Matilda Melbourne who displays virtue, delicacy and an unwavering commitment to the sometimes ruthless demands of parental authority. LeFanu's implicit referencing of Frances Sheridan's examination of similar obligations in <i>Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph </i>(1761), places the novel in the context of serious ongoing debates on female education and marriage.<br> Matilda's friend and confidante, Arbella Ferrars, subverts the expectations of such an idealized femininity and is the principal means through which the sardonic and often wickedly wry observations on provincial pretensions are expressed. For Arabella's disruptive brand of coquetry, LeFanu is indebted to Frances Brooke's <i>History of Lady Julia Mandeville</i> and <i>Emily Montague</i>. Notwithstanding the particular merits of this work, its intertextual relation both to earlier fictions and prevalent trends presents an intriguing basis upon which to examine the extent of the woman writer's strategic engagement with the literary market.
العنوان |
Strathallan (1816) / Alicia Lefanu edited by Anna M. Fitzer. [electronic resource] |
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الناشر |
London : Pickering & Chatto |
تاريخ الإصدار |
2008 |
ملاحظات |
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). Includes bibliographical references. |
رقم الرف |
Acknowledgements Introduction Select Bibliography Note on the Text Strathallan Endnotes Textual Variants Silent Corrections |
سلسلة |
Chawton House library series. Women's novels no. 5 |
الشكل |
1 online resource (xxvi, 530 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
اللغة |
الانكليزية |
رقم النظام |
997012410324605171 |
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