Becoming a heroine : reading about women in novels
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Brownstein, Rachel M.
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PR830.H4 B76 1982
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LC Subjects
Austen, Jane, -- 1775-1817 -- Characters -- Women.
English fiction -- History and criticism.
English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Heroines in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Women -- Books and reading.
Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History.
Women in literature.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Austen, Jane, -- 1775-1817.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
English fiction -- Women authors.
English fiction.
Great Britain.
Heroines in literature.
History.
Sex role in literature.
Women -- Books and reading.
Women and literature.
Women in literature.
Other Subjects
Engels.
Englisch.
Femmes -- Livres et lecture.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Femmes et littérature -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire.
Frau
Geschichte (1810-1925)
Helden (personen)
Heldin
Héroïnes dans la littérature.
Roman
Roman anglais -- Histoire et critique.
Romans.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
Vrouwen.

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xxviii, 332 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-324) and index.
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Brownstein offers readings of the classics from Jane Austen to Virginia Woolf and reflects on the ties binding women readers to literary heroines. Her thesis is that the typical heroine-centered novel encourages girls to see themselves in literary terms, as central characters in their own stories. She discusses Pamela, Clarissa, novels of Austen and Charlotte Bronte, The Egoist, Daniel Deronda, The Potrait of a Lady and Mrs. Dalloway.
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SACFinal081324

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Brownstein, R. M. (1982). Becoming a heroine: reading about women in novels . Viking Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Brownstein, Rachel M. 1982. Becoming a Heroine: Reading About Women in Novels. New York: Viking Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Brownstein, Rachel M. Becoming a Heroine: Reading About Women in Novels New York: Viking Press, 1982.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Brownstein, R. M. (1982). Becoming a heroine: reading about women in novels. New York: Viking Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Brownstein, Rachel M. Becoming a Heroine: Reading About Women in Novels Viking Press, 1982.

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