Beautiful boredom: idleness and feminine self-realization in the victorian novel
Auteur :
Maynard, Lee Anna
Éditeur :
McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN :
9780786445554
Date de publication :
2 oct. 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,0 cm
Poids :
277 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Explores boredom as a possible force for good in the Victorian novel. This book discusses Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" (1847), George Eliot's "Middlemarch" (1871-72), and Henry James' "The Portrait of a Lady" (1881). It examines the deleterious and restorative aspects of boredom.