Nineteenth-Century Women's Writing in Wales: Nation, Gender and Identity (Gender Studies in Wales) - Softcover

Aaron, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0708320600 ISBN 13: 9780708320600

Publisher: University of Wales Press, 2007

Synopsis

Nineteenth-Century Women’s Writing in Wales argues that the way in which women came to perceive and represent themselves as Welsh was profoundly affected by the gender ideology of the Romantic and Victorian periods. This volume introduces the reader to a number of critically-neglected Welsh women authors at work during the years 1780 to 1900, tracing the development of the Welsh nation as its women, in particular, imagined and helped to create it. Focusing on the rediscovery and inclusion of many forgotten writers, Nineteenth-Century Women’s Writing in Wales analyzes the development of Wales as a gendered nation and will be of interest to scholars of gender and literary history alike.

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About the Author

Jane Aaron is professor of English at the University of Glamorgan, and editor of Our Sisters’ Land and Postcolonial Wales.

Review

'This book is the fruit of much research over the years by an academic extremely well qualified in this field... A study of nineteenth-century Welsh women writers is long overdue and Jane Aaron is the ideal scholar to present it.' Professor Caroline Franklin, Department of English, University of Wales, Swansea

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0708320600
• ISBN 13: 9780708320600
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256