In the Name of Matilda: Feminine Transgression and Romantic Conceit
Abstract This essay explores frequent recurrences of the name Matilda throughout the British Romantic Period as a means of defining what I term the Romantic conceit, an idea whose sustained presence becomes a shared cultural construct with special meaning. The essay traces the name to primarily Cont...
Main Author: | Ben P. Robertson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2005-09-01
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Series: | Names |
Online Access: | http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1732 |
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