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Analyzing novels by women writers from the 1850s to the 1930s, this book argues that representations of mobility offer a fruitful way to explore the location of women within modernity and, specifically, the opportunities for (or limitations on) women's agency in this period, considering the mobility of the female subject in the city and beyond.

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"Mobility and Modernity crackles with new perspectives." - Charlotte MacDonald, Victoria University of Wellington



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Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: Modernity, Mobility and Women's Agency Home and Away: North and South and Adam Bede Travelling Companions: Moths and Miss Brown The New Woman's 'Wheels of Daily Existence': The Daughters of Danaus and Red Pottage Street Politics: The Convert and Clash Moving Dangerously: Cold Comfort Farm and To the North Destinations of the Modern Woman Endnotes Bibliography Index

Mobility and Modernity in Womens Novels

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      Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan UK
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781349357635, 978-1349357635
      ISBN10: 1349357634
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      Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literature: history and criticism Gender studies, gender groups

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Analyzing novels by women writers from the 1850s to the 1930s, this book argues that representations of mobility offer a fruitful way to explore the location of women within modernity and, specifically, the opportunities for (or limitations on) women's agency in this period, considering the mobility of the female subject in the city and beyond.

      Trade Review

      "Mobility and Modernity crackles with new perspectives." - Charlotte MacDonald, Victoria University of Wellington



      Table of Contents
      Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: Modernity, Mobility and Women's Agency Home and Away: North and South and Adam Bede Travelling Companions: Moths and Miss Brown The New Woman's 'Wheels of Daily Existence': The Daughters of Danaus and Red Pottage Street Politics: The Convert and Clash Moving Dangerously: Cold Comfort Farm and To the North Destinations of the Modern Woman Endnotes Bibliography Index

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