The Resource Odd women? : spinsters, lesbians and widows in British women's fiction, 1850s-1930s, Emma Liggins
Odd women? : spinsters, lesbians and widows in British women's fiction, 1850s-1930s, Emma Liggins
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- Summary
- This genealogy of the odd woman compares representations of spinsters, lesbians and widows in British women's fiction and auto/biography from the 1850s to the 1930s
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Note
-
- Previously issued in print: 2014
- Introduction 1. Female redundancy, widowhood and the mid-Victorian heroine 2. Bachelor girls, mistresses and the New Woman heroine 3. Spinster heroines, aunts and widowed mothers, 1910-39 4. The misfit lesbian heroine of interwar fiction 5. Professional spinsters, older women and widowed heroines in the 1930s Conclusion Index
- Contents
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- Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Female redundancy, widowhood and the mid-Victorian heroine; Redundant women and invisible widows in the 1850s and 1860s; Victorian women's autobiographies and unorthodox private lives; Reinventing the old maid: Cranford and Hopes and Fears; Self-sufficiency and 'imaginary widowhood': The Clever Woman of the Family and Villette; 2 Bachelor girls, mistresses and the New Woman heroine; Bachelor girls and glorified spinsters; Work, celibacy and the spinster flat
- Bohemianism and urban living in New Woman and suffragette autobiographiesAdoption, politics and streetwalking: Annie Holdsworth and Evelyn Sharp; 3 Spinster heroines, aunts and widowed mothers, 1910-39; The spinster question in the 1910s and 1920s; Inter-war women's autobiographies, the war and suffrage agitation; Daughters, aunts and out-dated Victorianism: F.M. Mayor and May Sinclair; The spinster and the uncertainties of modernity: E.H. Young and Lettice Cooper; 4 The misfit lesbian heroine of inter-war fiction; Inversion and intimate friendships
- All-female environments and same-sex intimacy: Regiment of Women and Dusty AnswerLesbian life-writing: refusing abnormality; Witches and misfits: the fiction of Sylvia Townsend Warner and Radclyffe Hall; 5 Professional spinsters, older women and widowed heroines in the 1930s; The spinster and the widow in the 1920s and 1930s; Auto/biography and friendship: troubling the heteronormative; Cross-generational bonding and the older woman in the fiction of Winifred Holtby and Virginia Woolf; Vita Sackville-West, the widowed heroine and the post-marital; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index
- Isbn
- 9781526111654
- Label
- Odd women? : spinsters, lesbians and widows in British women's fiction, 1850s-1930s
- Title
- Odd women?
- Title remainder
- spinsters, lesbians and widows in British women's fiction, 1850s-1930s
- Statement of responsibility
- Emma Liggins
- Subject
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- English literature
- English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- English literature -- Women authors
- English literature -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Lesbians in literature
- 1800-1999
- Single women in literature
- Single women in literature
- Widows in literature
- Widows in literature
- Lesbians in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This genealogy of the odd woman compares representations of spinsters, lesbians and widows in British women's fiction and auto/biography from the 1850s to the 1930s
- Cataloging source
- NLE
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Liggins, Emma
- Dewey number
- 820.9928709034
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR871.L544 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lesbians in literature
- Single women in literature
- Widows in literature
- English literature
- English literature
- English literature
- English literature
- English literature
- Lesbians in literature
- Single women in literature
- Widows in literature
- Label
- Odd women? : spinsters, lesbians and widows in British women's fiction, 1850s-1930s, Emma Liggins
- Note
-
- Previously issued in print: 2014
- Introduction 1. Female redundancy, widowhood and the mid-Victorian heroine 2. Bachelor girls, mistresses and the New Woman heroine 3. Spinster heroines, aunts and widowed mothers, 1910-39 4. The misfit lesbian heroine of interwar fiction 5. Professional spinsters, older women and widowed heroines in the 1930s Conclusion Index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Female redundancy, widowhood and the mid-Victorian heroine; Redundant women and invisible widows in the 1850s and 1860s; Victorian women's autobiographies and unorthodox private lives; Reinventing the old maid: Cranford and Hopes and Fears; Self-sufficiency and 'imaginary widowhood': The Clever Woman of the Family and Villette; 2 Bachelor girls, mistresses and the New Woman heroine; Bachelor girls and glorified spinsters; Work, celibacy and the spinster flat
- Bohemianism and urban living in New Woman and suffragette autobiographiesAdoption, politics and streetwalking: Annie Holdsworth and Evelyn Sharp; 3 Spinster heroines, aunts and widowed mothers, 1910-39; The spinster question in the 1910s and 1920s; Inter-war women's autobiographies, the war and suffrage agitation; Daughters, aunts and out-dated Victorianism: F.M. Mayor and May Sinclair; The spinster and the uncertainties of modernity: E.H. Young and Lettice Cooper; 4 The misfit lesbian heroine of inter-war fiction; Inversion and intimate friendships
- All-female environments and same-sex intimacy: Regiment of Women and Dusty AnswerLesbian life-writing: refusing abnormality; Witches and misfits: the fiction of Sylvia Townsend Warner and Radclyffe Hall; 5 Professional spinsters, older women and widowed heroines in the 1930s; The spinster and the widow in the 1920s and 1930s; Auto/biography and friendship: troubling the heteronormative; Cross-generational bonding and the older woman in the fiction of Winifred Holtby and Virginia Woolf; Vita Sackville-West, the widowed heroine and the post-marital; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 962073669
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781526111654
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- manchesteruniversitypress9028
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)962073669
- Label
- Odd women? : spinsters, lesbians and widows in British women's fiction, 1850s-1930s, Emma Liggins
- Note
-
- Previously issued in print: 2014
- Introduction 1. Female redundancy, widowhood and the mid-Victorian heroine 2. Bachelor girls, mistresses and the New Woman heroine 3. Spinster heroines, aunts and widowed mothers, 1910-39 4. The misfit lesbian heroine of interwar fiction 5. Professional spinsters, older women and widowed heroines in the 1930s Conclusion Index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Female redundancy, widowhood and the mid-Victorian heroine; Redundant women and invisible widows in the 1850s and 1860s; Victorian women's autobiographies and unorthodox private lives; Reinventing the old maid: Cranford and Hopes and Fears; Self-sufficiency and 'imaginary widowhood': The Clever Woman of the Family and Villette; 2 Bachelor girls, mistresses and the New Woman heroine; Bachelor girls and glorified spinsters; Work, celibacy and the spinster flat
- Bohemianism and urban living in New Woman and suffragette autobiographiesAdoption, politics and streetwalking: Annie Holdsworth and Evelyn Sharp; 3 Spinster heroines, aunts and widowed mothers, 1910-39; The spinster question in the 1910s and 1920s; Inter-war women's autobiographies, the war and suffrage agitation; Daughters, aunts and out-dated Victorianism: F.M. Mayor and May Sinclair; The spinster and the uncertainties of modernity: E.H. Young and Lettice Cooper; 4 The misfit lesbian heroine of inter-war fiction; Inversion and intimate friendships
- All-female environments and same-sex intimacy: Regiment of Women and Dusty AnswerLesbian life-writing: refusing abnormality; Witches and misfits: the fiction of Sylvia Townsend Warner and Radclyffe Hall; 5 Professional spinsters, older women and widowed heroines in the 1930s; The spinster and the widow in the 1920s and 1930s; Auto/biography and friendship: troubling the heteronormative; Cross-generational bonding and the older woman in the fiction of Winifred Holtby and Virginia Woolf; Vita Sackville-West, the widowed heroine and the post-marital; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 962073669
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781526111654
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- manchesteruniversitypress9028
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)962073669
Subject
- English literature
- English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- English literature -- Women authors
- English literature -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Lesbians in literature
- 1800-1999
- Single women in literature
- Single women in literature
- Widows in literature
- Widows in literature
- Lesbians in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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