Wakefield Folklore in British Literature

Naming and Narrating in Women’s Fiction, 1750-1880
300. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4539-0965-2
Verlag: Peter Lang
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 80, 0 Seiten

Reihe: Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature

Folklore provides a metaphor for insecurity in British women’s writing published between 1750 and 1880. When characters feel uneasy about separations between races, classes, or sexes, they speak of mermaids and 'Cinderella' to make threatening women unreal and thus harmless. Because supernatural creatures change constantly, a name or story from folklore merely reinforces fears about empire, labor, and desire. To illustrate these fascinating rhetorical strategies, this book explores works by Sarah Fielding, Ann Radcliffe, Sydney Owenson, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, Anne Thackeray, and Jean Ingelow, pushing our understanding of allusions to folktales, fairy tales, and myths beyond 'happily ever after.'

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wakefield, Sarah R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Über Autor(innen)

The Author: Sarah R. Wakefield received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Texas at Austin. She is Assistant Professor of English at Prairie View A&M University in Texas. Her published articles cover diverse fields, including fan culture, children’s literature, and composition theory.