However, I felt that it was irrelevant when the author said, “Although many female writers claim to be the ‘Queen of Crime Fiction”…” I believe this phrase could be eliminated. To simply state, “As Queen of Crime Fiction, it is Agatha Christie whom all others are measured”, the introduction would have been more powerful. The thesis was stated in the last line of the introduction; “Even many years after her death, readers appreciate Agatha Christie’s novels because of her strong characters, her interesting settings, and her strong morality”. It was a good framework for the entire essay. The most important ideas in the essay were her use of strong characters, interesting settings, and strong morality.
In a male-dominated society, this was unheard of. Through these books, she expressed her ideas, which women came to listen to. Mary Wollstonecraft is remembered chiefly for her book “A Vindication of the Rights of Women” (1792), a polemic treatise that deemed marriage “legal prostitution” (“Mary” par 2). Mary’s book, “A Vindication of the Rights of Women”, was a type of guide for women who were thought lowly of by their husbands or were abused. Mary was also a contributing editor and founder of the Analytical Review, a radical London newspaper (“Mary” par 2).
Catherine, ignorant to politics, is dealt another contemporary element of the time. The struggles with modernity extend 200 years in to 1996, the year of publishment of Bridget Jones’s Diary. Bridget is influenced by what she reads, the same as Catherine; and her genre of literature is also contemporary for the age. The struggle with the contemporary for the female heroines can be thus considered universally relatable and a case for Austen’s work’s lasting popularity. Her first work, of course, being Northanger Abbey.
The Life and Times of E.B.B. Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) During the early nineteenth century, feminists were first coming out into the political forefront. Among them, Elizabeth Barrett Browning emerged as one the greatest woman writers of all time. She wrote of "social reform, for the rights of lower classes and women, and for the cause of Italian freedom (Lewis)." While many aspects and circumstances of life affected her work, she was also able to effect society in many ways.
Lopez-Navarro British Lit. 2322 4 October 2012 The Role of Women in Two Tales If you study several literary works across the centuries, you will note women’s roles have differed. The legendary work Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, as well as the Wife of Bath’s Tale, include female characters with very distinct roles. Even though the women do not portray significant characters in these works, they do serve to create intense interest. The knight’s tale, an alliterative romance and one of the better-known Arthurian stories, and the wife’s tale, the best-known of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, give insight into the specific roles of women in the late Middle Ages.
Conform Kate Chopin was an accomplished writer although her recognition wouldn’t come, but a couple decades later. She is probably best known for her 1899 novel, “The Awakening”. Biography Resource Center, published by Thompson Gale, states “For this novel Chopin faced critical abuse and public denunciation as an immoralist, and she consequently abandoned writing. In more recent years, however, The Awakening has grown in stature, and it is now recognized as a masterpiece of its time” (1). Katherine Chopin has composed numerous writings which promoted female self-assertion and sexual liberation.
The young woman, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, took the prize, having composed a creepy story. It is the very Frankenstein or Modern Prometheus which became a bestseller in her time and a Gothic classic that still resonates with readers almost two centuries. Background of Frankenstein Mary Shelley was born in 1797 as the daughter of two England’s leading intellectual literary celebrity. Her father, William Godwin, was an influential political philosopher and novelist. Her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft was a pioneer in promoting women’s rights and education.
In comparison Fay Weldon’s Letters to Alice, written a few centuries after, shows a clear link of how particular concerns, held by society, have altered. A women living in the late 1800’s had very few rights and freedoms. Education was a thing men and if a women engaged in such activities she was at risk of being shunned by society or “left on the shelf.” Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice follows a young girl, Elizabeth Bennet, who struggles against society’s expectations. Being a smart and well educated women, she is somewhat frowned upon, however this has been disguised by Austen through her dialogue. An example is seen near the beginning of the book in which Mr Darcey and Mr Binley’s brother are engaged in polite conversation.
A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF “THE AWAKENING” BY KATE CHOPIN JENNIFER JENKINS SOUTH UNIVERSITY ON-LINE A HISTORCIAL PERSPECTIVE OF “THE AWAKEINING” BY KATE CHOPIN “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin was revered to be one of the most debated novels of its time. Using a psychoanalytical perspective, reading “The Awakening” one can see the reasoning behind those debates, the main symbol and character behind the novel, Edna Pontellier. Reading “The Awakening” in a Feminist Perspective, on gender and the inequality of the two, the reader can grasp the historical significance of Chopin’s overall theme. Why are women are pressured into becoming a wife and mother in-order to be a complete and accepted member of a Victorian Society? Looking deeper into the novel with an historical perspective, it becomes clear that Chopin uses the identity crisis Edna Pontellier was having as a wife, mother, and woman to symbolize the expressed views of millions of women during the Women’s Right Movement of the 1800’s.
Arushi Ghai Ms. Meehan ENG 3U0-D October 22, 2012 Exploring Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper Influenced by women’s lives in the 1800’s A short story author of the eighteenth century, Charlotte Perkins Gilman is famous for her tough life and her personal stories such as The Yellow Wallpaper. A short story that includes gothic element, with a story of a women who has a nervous disorder and is controlled by her husband and is not allowed to do what she loves which is write. Gilman certainly proved herself as an creative writer, with the capability to create the life of a girl with issues and is depressed and unhappy. However with a closer read of the text, it becomes apparent that many of the themes and issues raised