Resisting the marriage plot: faith and female agency in Austen, Brontë, Gaskell, and Wollstonecraft
"Fiction has long been used to cast vision for social change, but the role of Christian faith in such works has often been overlooked. In this STA volume, Dalene Joy Fisher examines how the works of Jane Austen, Anne Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Mary Wollstonecraft challenge cultural expectat...
Summary: | "Fiction has long been used to cast vision for social change, but the role of Christian faith in such works has often been overlooked. In this STA volume, Dalene Joy Fisher examines how the works of Jane Austen, Anne Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Mary Wollstonecraft challenge cultural expectations of women and marriage, exploring how Christianity can be a transformative force of liberation"-- |
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Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis Seite 248-258 |
Physical Description: | x, 260 Seiten |
ISBN: | 0830850716 |