Kimberley Reynolds and Nicola Humble here provide a radical
revision of Victorian constructions of femininity. Using a wide
range of textual examples (including children's literature,
sensations fiction, diaries, and autobiography) as well as visual
illustrations, Victorian Heroines offers a new look at the
representation of women and sexuality in nineteenth-century
literature and painting.
Arguing against the conventional dyadic model that interprets
Victorian fiction in terms of a rigid distinction between the good
and bad, the sexual and asexual woman, the authors suggest a more
complex paradigm, simultaneously concealing and revealing
contradictory attitudes to Victorian womanhood.
The book explores the highly erotic fantasy elements frequently
found in widely disseminated orthodox female images, and
effectively demonstrates how both male and female writers used
similar techniques to subvert this orthodoxy. Drawing on
contemporary critical and cultural theories, "Victorian Heroines"
is a lucid and accessible analysis of the depiction of women during
this period, challenging the prevalent views of recent decades.
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