The woman and the hour Harriet Martineau and Victorian ideologies /

The woman and the hour [electronic resource] : Harriet Martineau and Victorian ideologies / Caroline Roberts.

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"Harriet Martineau was a major figure in the Victorian period and a prominent speaker in a number of contemporary cultural debates, including those on racism, atheism, abolitionism, and the status of women. Her various books, novels, essays, and articles generated tremendous controversy in thei...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Roberts, Caroline, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Martineau, Harriet, > 1802-1876 > Criticism and interpretation.
Martineau, Harriet, > 1802-1876.
Authors, English > 19th century.
Women social reformers > Great Britain.
Authors, English.
Women social reformers.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Contexts and Controversies
  • Gendered Discourses and a Sociology of Texts: Illustrations of Political Economy (1832-4)
  • The Linguistic Structure of American Society
  • Realism and Feminism: Deerbrook (1839)
  • History and Romance: The Hour and the Man (1841)
  • Invalidism, Mesmerism, and the Medical Profession: Life in the Sick-Room (1844) and Letters on Mesmerism (1844)
  • History and Religious Faith: Eastern Life, Present and Past (1848)
  • Shaking the Faith: Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development (1851)

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