This anthology brings together a collection of autobiographical accounts of childhood by a range of prominent 19th-century literary women. These are strongly individualized descriptions by women who breached the cultural prohibitions against self-writing, especially in the attention given to psychologically formative incidents and memories. Several offer detailed accounts of their inadequate schooling and their keen hunger for knowledge; others give insights into the dynamics of Victorian family life, especially relationships with parents and siblings, the games they invented, and their sense of being misunderstood. Most contributors vividly describe their fears and fantasies, together with obsessive religious practices, and the development of an inner life as a survival strategy.
- ISBN:
- 9780754601487
- 9780754601487
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Category:
- Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
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26-10-2000
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 248
- Dimensions (mm):
- 234x156x25mm
- Weight:
- 0.48kg
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