Conrad's Sensational Heroines

Conrad's Sensational Heroines

Gender and Representation in the Late Fiction of Joseph Conrad

Harrington, Ellen Burton

Springer International Publishing AG

08/2018

173

Mole

Inglês

9783319875200

15 a 20 dias

454

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1 Introduction: Conrad's Sensational Women.- 2 The Passionate Mother and the Contest for Authority: "The Idiots" and "Amy Foster".- 3 Pornography and Representations of Women: The Secret Agent and Victory.- 4 The Victorian Woman Suicide: "The Idiots," The Secret Agent, and Chance.- 5 The Fallen Woman and Sexuality as "their own weapon": Victory, "Because of the Dollars," and The Arrow of Gold.- 6 The Adulteress and the Confines of Marriage: "The Return" and The Rescue.- 7 The Embowered Woman as Enchanting Commodity: "A Smile of Fortune" and The Rover.- 8 Conclusion.
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Joseph Conrad;Gender;The Secret Agent;Nineteenth-Century;Feminism;The Idiots Joseph Conrad;Amy Foster Joseph Conrad;Victory Joseph Conrad;The Rescue Joseph Conrad;The Return Joseph Conrad;The Rover Joseph Conrad;marriage Joseph Conrad;The Arrow of Gold Joseph Conrad;early-twentieth-century fiction;British and Irish Literature