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
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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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505 0 |a Avoiding the boring : boredom, beauty, and narrative in Jane Eyre -- The complexion of boredom in Middlemarch -- Life on a Grecian urn : boredom, beauty, and stasis in the Portrait of a lady -- "The proper stuff of fiction"--a look forward -- Postscript : boredom's beauty : Victorian visual representations of a pervasive mental state. 
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