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The Female Quixote As Promoter Of Social Literacy, Amy Hodges
The Female Quixote As Promoter Of Social Literacy, Amy Hodges
ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830
In Charlotte Lennox’s The Female Quixote, the unruly Arabella clashes with the eighteenth century’s conception of England as an orderly, unromantic site of commercial trade. Arabella’s romances prompt her to expect certain power structures from English society; she invites others to see her body as a spectacle and expects that her actions will solidify her status as a powerful woman. Yet Lennox reveals that English society sees Arabella’s body not as powerful, but as an object upon which they may construct their own potential site for the exchange of knowledge, an objectification that neither Arabella nor Lennox are prepared …
Madam Britannia: Women, Church, And Nation, 1712-1812, By Emma Major, Kathryn Stasio
Madam Britannia: Women, Church, And Nation, 1712-1812, By Emma Major, Kathryn Stasio
ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830
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Cultivating Resources In Hard Times, Catherine Ingrassia
Cultivating Resources In Hard Times, Catherine Ingrassia
ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830
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Supporting Women Scholars: How To Get Things Done In Hard Times, Mona Narain
Supporting Women Scholars: How To Get Things Done In Hard Times, Mona Narain
ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830
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A Call To Action: Conflict And Change In Three Major African Novels, Kate St. Ives
A Call To Action: Conflict And Change In Three Major African Novels, Kate St. Ives
The Corinthian
A Grain of Wheat, The Sun By Night, and Nervous Conditions are each set in a time period and country in Africa in which tremendous changes are taking place. These changes come in many forms such as clashes between different belief systems, the development of new governments, and the changing roles of women.