Beautiful boredom idleness and feminine self-realization in the Victorian novel

Avoiding the boring : boredom, beauty, and narrative in Jane Eyre -- The complexion of boredom in Middlemarch -- Life on a Grecian urn : boredom, beauty, and stasis in the Portrait of a lady -- "The proper stuff of fiction"--a look forward -- Postscript : boredom's beauty : Victorian...

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1. Verfasser:	Maynard, Lee Anna (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:	eng
Veröffentlicht:	Jefferson, NC u.a. McFarland 2009
Schlagworte:	English fiction > History and criticism > Boredom in literature > Self-consciousness (Awareness) in literature > Englisch > Literatur > Langeweile > Selbstbewusstsein > Geschichte 1837-1901 > Brontë, Charlotte > Eliot, George > James, Henry
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Zusammenfassung:	Avoiding the boring : boredom, beauty, and narrative in Jane Eyre -- The complexion of boredom in Middlemarch -- Life on a Grecian urn : boredom, beauty, and stasis in the Portrait of a lady -- "The proper stuff of fiction"--a look forward -- Postscript : boredom's beauty : Victorian visual representations of a pervasive mental state. "Boredom in these works is an important means through which female characters are able to achieve a greater sense of self-awareness. The author examines both the deleterious and restorative aspects of boredom and shows how this subtle theme has continued to be used by more modern authors"--Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-186) and index
Beschreibung:	VII, 190 S.
ISBN:	9780786445554 978-0-7864-4555-4 0786445556 0-7864-4555-6