Title Dissenting women in Dickens' novels : the subversion of domestic ideology / Brenda Ayres

Published Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998

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Description xii, 187 pages ; 25 cm Series Contributions in women's studies, 0147-104X ; no. 168 Contributions in women's studies ; no. 168 Contents 1. Introduction: Domestic Ideology and the Dickens Text -- 2. The Women of David Copperfield: The Choice of an Undisciplined Heart -- 3. Barnaby Rudge's Mrs. Varden: The Buxom -- 4. The Spinster of Barnaby Rudge: "Born to Be a Damper" -- 5. The Women inside the Fold: Dickens' Little Women -- 6. The Women outside the Fold: Dickens' She-Dragons -- 7. The Women Who Don't Fit into the Fold: Dickens' Misfits -- 8. The True Heroine of Oliver Twist: "Brass Can Do Better Than Gold" -- 9. The Passionate and the Contained Women of Oliver Twist: A Ring and a Handkerchief -- 10. The "Pattern" of Bleak House: A Woman's Story -- Bibliographical Essay: The Archive of Criticism on Dickens' Women Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-178) and indexes Subject Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Characters -- Women. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Political and social views. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Dissenters in literature. Feminism and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century. Literature and society -- England -- History -- 19th century. Social norms in literature. Domestic fiction, English -- History and criticism. Women and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century. Feminism. LC no. 98012151 ISBN 0313307636 (alk. paper)

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