Haunting the House, Haunting the Page: The Spectral Governess in Victorian Fiction

The Victorian governess occupied a difficult position in Victorian society. Straddling the line between genteel and working-class femininity, the governess did not fit neatly into the rigid categories of gender and class according to which Victorian society organized itself. This troubling liminal...

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Main Author: McGowan, Shane G
Format: Others
Published: Digital Archive @ GSU 2011
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Online Access:http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/english_theses/119
http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1118&context=english_theses