Needles, China Cups, Books, and the Construction of the Victorian Feminine Ideal in Rhoda Broughton’S Not Wisely, but too Well and Elizabeth Gaskell’S North and South
Considering Victorian presentation of women as angelic, that is, spiritual, beings, it is rather surprising how much their presence was manifested by material objects. Baskets of needlework, tea equipage and novels lying around in a parlour were an unmistakable sign of the house being occupied by wo...
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| Language: | English |
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Sciendo
2012-04-01
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| Series: | Studia Anglica Posnaniensia |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/v10121-010-0019-0 |