Escaping the Women’s Sphere in Neo-Victorian Fiction

This article looks at two turn-of-the-century neo-Victorian works – Tipping the Velvet (1998) by Sarah Waters and Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem (1994) by Peter Ackroyd. Both novels offer a detailed depiction of cross-dressing and theatre in the latter part of the nineteenth century and its effec...

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Main Author: Jana Valová
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Polish Association for the Study of English 2023-06-01
Series:Polish Journal of English Studies
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Online Access:https://pjes.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/PJES_9-1-4_Valova.pdf