Beautiful boredom : idleness and feminine self-realization in the Victorian novel /

Beautiful boredom : idleness and feminine self-realization in the Victorian novel /

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Author / Creator:	Maynard, Lee Anna, 1973-
Imprint:	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2009.
Description:	vii, 190 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Boredom in literature. Self-consciousness (Awareness) in literature. Boredom in literature. English fiction. Self-consciousness (Awareness) in literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7887946

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ISBN:	9780786445554 (pbk.: alk. paper) 0786445556 (pbk.: alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Boredom in these works is an important means through which female characters are able to achieve a greater sense of self-awareness. The author examines both the deleterious and restorative aspects of boredom and shows how this subtle theme has continued to be used by more modern authors"--Provided by publisher.

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Summary:	This volume explores boredom as a possible force for good in the Victorian novel. In Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (1847), George Eliot's Middlemarch (1871-72), and Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady (1881), boredom is an important means through which female characters are able to achieve a greater sense of self-awareness. In her discussion of these works, the author examines both the deleterious and restorative aspects of boredom and shows how this subtle theme has continued to be used by more modern authors.
Physical Description:	vii, 190 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780786445554 0786445556