Journal article
A Passionate Demonstration of Masculinity: New Men in New Woman Novels. Mary Ward’s Marcella (1894) and Helbeck of Bannisdale (1898)
Victorians : a journal of culture and literature, Vol.135, pp.70-87
27/06/2019
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Abstract
Second-wave feminist critics dismissed the novels of Mary Ward as insufficiently feminist. As a consequence, her work remains under-read, despite recent promising signs to the contrary. This paper argues for a reconsideration of Ward’s New Women novels of the fin de siècle. In the period’s search for the New Man, Ward offers a nuanced and sensitive picture of an equal partner who accepts and appreciates the radical New Woman, and the inevitability of the changes she heralds.
Details
- Title
- A Passionate Demonstration of Masculinity: New Men in New Woman Novels. Mary Ward’s Marcella (1894) and Helbeck of Bannisdale (1898)
- Creators
- Josephine Browne - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Victorians : a journal of culture and literature, Vol.135, pp.70-87
- Publisher
- Ohio State University Press
- Number of pages
- 18
- Identifiers
- 991013225640902368
- Copyright
- © 2019 by The Ohio State University
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article