1890s
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The Different Attitudes to Motherhood in 1890s Literature.
‘Woman is, if she could only realize it, man’s superior by reason of her maternity – the negation of that is her greatest cowardice’ (George Egerton). What different attitudes to motherhood are represented within 1890s literature? Among the many ideas around women’s rights that were called into question during the 1890s, those surrounding motherhood were… Continue reading
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Female Independence in Sarah Grand’s ‘When the Door Opened.’
The 1890s saw the emergence of the ‘new woman’ in literature and culture, a term coined in Sarah Grand’s essay ‘The New Aspect of the Woman Question’.[1] Empowered with a desire for new experiences,[2] this cultural persona embodied a defiance of traditional Victorian feminine ideals, such as motherhood, and offered a vision for women to… Continue reading
about the author – Callum mcgrath
Recent English graduate of Loughborough University, passionate about film and literature. On this site, I post my academic essays and related writing.
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