Rebellious Structures: Women Writers and the Crisis of the Novel 1880-1900

by Gerd Bjørhovde

At the turn of the century, several prominent women writers--Olive Schreiner, Sarah Grand, and George Egerton among them--rejected the conventional ideal of the "womanly woman" and, with it, the well-made novel in which the ideal figured. Placing the writers and their work firmly in the
socio-historical context of the late 19th century, this refreshing study illuminates the writing inspired by the ideology.

230 pages, Hardcover

First published January 7, 1988