Demonising the Victorian Heroine’s Coming-of-Age in Edward Bulwer-lytton’s Lucretia and Edgar allan Poe’s women’s Tales

Demonising the Victorian Heroine’s Coming-of-Age in Edward Bulwer-lytton’s Lucretia and Edgar allan Poe’s women’s Tales

Abstract: In Victorian times, the female subject, as embodiment of domestic morality, contributed to the construction of middle-class ideology. In Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s novel Lucretia (1846), the female protagonist apparently incarnates the ideal Victorian heroine. Nonetheless, through her coming-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marta Miquel-Baldellou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Almeria 2017-03-01
Series:Odisea
Subjects:
transatlanticism
gender
victorian heroines
gothic fiction
coming-of- age
edward bulwer-lytton
edgar allan poe
transatlanticismo
género
heroínas victorianas
ficción gótica
paso a la madurez
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