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Feminism And The Public Sphere In Anne Brontë'S The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall, Rachel Carnell
Feminism And The Public Sphere In Anne Brontë'S The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall, Rachel Carnell
English Faculty Publications
The bipartite narrative structure of Anne Brontë's 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' (1848) has been interpreted recently as an attempt to subvert the traditional Victorian rubric of separate spheres. Reconsidering this novel in terms of Jürgen Habermas's concept of the 18th-century public sphere broadens the historical context for the way we understand the separate spheres. Within Brontë's critique of Victorian gender roles, we may identify a reluctance to address the Chartist-influenced class challenges to an older version of the public good. In hearkening back to an 18th-century model of the public sphere, Brontë espouses not so much a 20th-century-style challenge …
A Study Of The Structure Of James, Takahito Iwagami
A Study Of The Structure Of James, Takahito Iwagami
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
From Eschatology To Ethics : Approaching Paul's Collection For Jerusalem, Bart Burdette Bruehler
From Eschatology To Ethics : Approaching Paul's Collection For Jerusalem, Bart Burdette Bruehler
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
The Narrative Function Of The Exalted Jesus As A Character In The Book Of Acts, Daniel R. Meyer
The Narrative Function Of The Exalted Jesus As A Character In The Book Of Acts, Daniel R. Meyer
ATS Dissertations
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Mormon Culture Meets Popular Fiction: Susa Young Gates And The Cultural Work Of Home Literature, Lisa Olsen Tait
Mormon Culture Meets Popular Fiction: Susa Young Gates And The Cultural Work Of Home Literature, Lisa Olsen Tait
Theses and Dissertations
The few studies of Mormon home literature that have been published to date dismiss it as inferior artistry, an embarrassing if necessary step in the progression towards true Mormon literature. These studies are inadequate, however, because they divorce the texts from their context, holding them up to standards that did not exist for their original audience. Jane Tompkins' theory of texts as cultural work provides a more satisfactory way of looking at these narratives.
Home literature is thoroughly enmeshed in the cultural discourse of its day. Beneath the surface, these didactic stories about young Mormons finding love with their foreordained …