Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009585514ISBN-10:1009585517UPC:9781009585514Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SCJDVN16MY
Instances abound in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century novels where characters, particularly female characters, become lost, often moved by overwhelming emotion. Amanda Auerbach delves into the impact of these scenes on the character and the reader. On one level, 'getting lost' can realign a character's and our own sense of self and of social situation, while more broadly these instances reflect arcs within the overall narrative, highlighting easily-missed elements, sometimes even reflecting on our own experiences while reading. The emotions that move characters most powerfully often relate to their psychological needs, which the social conditions of their lives prevent them from meeting or fully acknowledging. These episodes appear across multiple novels in multiple subgenres, including the marriage plot, the gothic novel, the Victorian bildungsroman, and the sensation novel. These episodes collectively reveal how eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British novelistic subgenres developed to help women and working-class readers covertly satisfy their psychological needs.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009585514ISBN-10:1009585517UPC:9781009585514Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SCJDVN16MY
Auerbach, Amanda: - Amanda Auerbach is an Assistant Professor of English at Catholic University of America, where she teaches literature and creative writing. Her articles have appeared in European Romantic Review and Victorian Literature and Culture. Her book of poems, What Need Have We For Such as We, was published in 2019.
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Instances abound in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century novels where characters, particularly female characters, become lost, often moved by overwhelming emotion. Amanda Auerbach delves into the impact of these scenes on the character and the reader. On one level, 'getting lost' can realign a character's and our own sense of self and of social situation, while more broadly these instances reflect arcs within the overall narrative, highlighting easily-missed elements, sometimes even reflecting on our own experiences while reading. The emotions that move characters most powerfully often relate to their psychological needs, which the social conditions of their lives prevent them from meeting or fully acknowledging. These episodes appear across multiple novels in multiple subgenres, including the marriage plot, the gothic novel, the Victorian bildungsroman, and the sensation novel. These episodes collectively reveal how eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British novelistic subgenres developed to help women and working-class readers covertly satisfy their psychological needs.
Auerbach, Amanda: - Amanda Auerbach is an Assistant Professor of English at Catholic University of America, where she teaches literature and creative writing. Her articles have appeared in European Romantic Review and Victorian Literature and Culture. Her book of poems, What Need Have We For Such as We, was published in 2019.
