Womens Human Rights In Nineteenth Century Literature And Culture

Download or read book Women’s Human Rights in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture written by Elena V. Shabliy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-08-24 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women’s Human Rights in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture sheds light on women's rights advancements in the nineteenth century and early twentieth-century through explorations of literature and culture from this time period. With an international emphasis, contributors illuminate the range and diversity of women’s work as novelists, journalists, and short story writers and analyze the New Woman phenomenon, feminist impulse, and the diversity of the women writers. Studying writing by authors such as Alice Meynell, Thomas Hardy, Netta Syrett, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Mary Seacole, Charlotte Brontë, and Jean Rhys, the contributors analyze women’s voices and works on the subject of women’s rights and the representation of the New Woman.