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From the late nineteenth century women began to enter British
universities. Their numbers were small and their gains hard won and
fiercely contested, yet they inspired a whole new genre of fiction.
This collection of largely forgotten and rare texts forms a
valuable primary resource for scholars of literature, social
history and women's education.
The years 1890-1945 saw an unprecedented outpouring of fiction
focused on British university life, much of it reflecting the
drastic change that had swept through the higher education system
in the late nineteenth century. Among these narratives, a
significant subgroup focused on the lives of women students, newly
admitted to the structures of higher education system, their
presence still stridently, and sometimes even violently, opposed,
especially at Oxbridge. These novels and short stories collected
here, largely unknown today, were widely discussed and debated in
the public sphere during the early twentieth century, contributing
not only to the formation of public knowledge and opinion about
education through cultural figures like the 'Girton Girl' or the
'undergraduette,' but also sparking debate about many wider social
and cultural issues, from the place of the women writer in the
literary scene to the emergence of new discourses around psychology
and the body. The majority have not been reprinted since their
original publication, and until now have been rarely available to
scholars. The publication of Women's University Narratives,
1890-1945, therefore, provides a major new resource for scholarship
in many areas, including women's studies, educational history, and
literary and cultural modernism.
The years 1890-1945 saw an unprecedented outpouring of fiction
focused on British university life, much of it reflecting the
drastic change that had swept through the higher education system
in the late nineteenth century. Among these narratives, a
significant subgroup focused on the lives of women students, newly
admitted to the structures of higher education system, their
presence still stridently, and sometimes even violently, opposed,
especially at Oxbridge. These novels and short stories collected
here, largely unknown today, were widely discussed and debated in
the public sphere during the early twentieth century, contributing
not only to the formation of public knowledge and opinion about
education through cultural figures like the 'Girton Girl' or the
'undergraduette,' but also sparking debate about many wider social
and cultural issues, from the place of the women writer in the
literary scene to the emergence of new discourses around psychology
and the body. The majority have not been reprinted since their
original publication, and until now have been rarely available to
scholars. The publication of Women's University Narratives,
1890-1945, therefore, provides a major new resource for scholarship
in many areas, including women's studies, educational history, and
literary and cultural modernism.
The years 1890-1945 saw an unprecedented outpouring of fiction
focused on British university life, much of it reflecting the
drastic change that had swept through the higher education system
in the late nineteenth century. Among these narratives, a
significant subgroup focused on the lives of women students, newly
admitted to the structures of higher education system, their
presence still stridently, and sometimes even violently, opposed,
especially at Oxbridge. These novels and short stories collected
here, largely unknown today, were widely discussed and debated in
the public sphere during the early twentieth century, contributing
not only to the formation of public knowledge and opinion about
education through cultural figures like the 'Girton Girl' or the
'undergraduette,' but also sparking debate about many wider social
and cultural issues, from the place of the women writer in the
literary scene to the emergence of new discourses around psychology
and the body. The majority have not been reprinted since their
original publication, and until now have been rarely available to
scholars. The publication of Women's University Narratives,
1890-1945, therefore, provides a major new resource for scholarship
in many areas, including women's studies, educational history, and
literary and cultural modernism.
The rise of the middle classes brought a sharp increase in the
number of young men and women able to attend university. Developing
in the wake of this increase, the university novel often centred on
male undergraduates at either Oxford or Cambridge. Bogen argues
that an analysis of the lesser known female narratives can provide
new insights.
The rise of the middle classes brought a sharp increase in the
number of young men and women able to attend university. Developing
in the wake of this increase, the university novel often centred on
male undergraduates at either Oxford or Cambridge. Bogen argues
that an analysis of the lesser known female narratives can provide
new insights into education, religion, politics, literary culture
and sexuality. Works by Virginia Woolf, Rosamond Lehman and Vera
Brittain - as well as many forgotten writers - are used as case
studies and are set in their literary and historical context. The
female university novel is shown to be less a universal tale of
coming-of-age and more fraught with struggle and compromise.
The years 1890-1945 saw an unprecedented outpouring of fiction
focused on British university life, much of it reflecting the
drastic change that had swept through the higher education system
in the late nineteenth century. Among these narratives, a
significant subgroup focused on the lives of women students, newly
admitted to the structures of higher education system, their
presence still stridently, and sometimes even violently, opposed,
especially at Oxbridge. These novels and short stories collected
here, largely unknown today, were widely discussed and debated in
the public sphere during the early twentieth century, contributing
not only to the formation of public knowledge and opinion about
education through cultural figures like the 'Girton Girl' or the
'undergraduette,' but also sparking debate about many wider social
and cultural issues, from the place of the women writer in the
literary scene to the emergence of new discourses around psychology
and the body. The majority have not been reprinted since their
original publication, and until now have been rarely available to
scholars. The publication of Women's University Narratives,
1890-1945, therefore, provides a major new resource for scholarship
in many areas, including women's studies, educational history, and
literary and cultural modernism.
The years 1890-1945 saw an unprecedented outpouring of fiction
focused on British university life, much of it reflecting the
drastic change that had swept through the higher education system
in the late nineteenth century. Among these narratives, a
significant subgroup focused on the lives of women students, newly
admitted to the structures of higher education system, their
presence still stridently, and sometimes even violently, opposed,
especially at Oxbridge. These novels and short stories collected
here, largely unknown today, were widely discussed and debated in
the public sphere during the early twentieth century, contributing
not only to the formation of public knowledge and opinion about
education through cultural figures like the 'Girton Girl' or the
'undergraduette,' but also sparking debate about many wider social
and cultural issues, from the place of the women writer in the
literary scene to the emergence of new discourses around psychology
and the body. The majority have not been reprinted since their
original publication, and until now have been rarely available to
scholars. The publication of Women's University Narratives,
1890-1945, therefore, provides a major new resource for scholarship
in many areas, including women's studies, educational history, and
literary and cultural modernism.
From the late nineteenth century women began to enter British
universities. Their numbers were small and their gains hard won and
fiercely contested, yet they inspired a whole new genre of fiction.
This collection of largely forgotten and rare texts forms a
valuable primary resource for scholars of literature, social
history and women's education.
From the late nineteenth century women began to enter British
universities. Their numbers were small and their gains hard won and
fiercely contested, yet they inspired a whole new genre of fiction.
This collection of largely forgotten and rare texts forms a
valuable primary resource for scholars of literature, social
history and women's education.
From the late nineteenth century women began to enter British
universities. Their numbers were small and their gains hard won and
fiercely contested, yet they inspired a whole new genre of fiction.
This collection of largely forgotten and rare texts forms a
valuable primary resource for scholars of literature, social
history and women's education.
From the late nineteenth century women began to enter British
universities. Their numbers were small and their gains hard won and
fiercely contested, yet they inspired a whole new genre of fiction.
This collection of largely forgotten and rare texts forms a
valuable primary resource for scholars of literature, social
history and women's education.
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