Intellectual Women and Victorian Patriarchy - by Deirdre David (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Examines the works of three Victorian writers, looks at the ways they subverted and affirmed their society, and discusses women's higher education in nineteenth century England.

From the Back Cover

This challenging book explores with great insight the literary and social possibilities open to Victorian women intellectuals. Along with her close textual analysis of selected works by her three subjects, she probes the nature and implications of women's higher education and intellectual life in the nineteenth century.