The Feminine Political Novel in Victorian England - Hardcover

by Barbara Leah Harman (Author)

In this groundbreaking book, Barbara Leah Harman convincingly establishes a new category in Victorian fiction: the feminine political novel. By studying Victorian female protagonists who participate in the public universe conventionally occupied by men, she is able to reassess the public realm as the site of noble and meaningful action for women in Victorian England.

Author Biography

Barbara Leah Harman, Professor of English at Wellesley College, is the author of Costly Monuments: Representations of the Self in George Herbert's Poetry and coeditor of The New Nineteenth Century: Feminist Readings of Underread Victorian Fiction.