Nineteenth-Century Women's Writing in Wales: Nation, Gender and IdentityThe first volume in the new series Gender Studies in Wales, this book argues that the way in which people came to perceive and to represent themselves as Welsh was profoundly affected by the gender ideologies prevalent during the Romantic and Victorian periods. "Nineteenth-Century Women's Writing in Wales: Nation, Gender and Identity" introduces readers to a hundred Welsh women authors at work during the years 1780-1900, some writing in Welsh and some in English. In so doing, it rescues many of these authors from critical neglect and oblivion. In the second half of the nineteenth century in particular, Welsh women writers in both languages were numerous and enjoyed a degree of influence on Welsh culture easily commensurate with that of women writers today. By covering the nineteenth century chronologically, this book traces the coming into being of the Welsh nation as its women in particular saw it, and as they helped to create it. |
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 8 | |
Writing Ancient Britain | 47 |
Becoming National | 74 |
Rebels and Reactionaries | 104 |
Developing Womens Welshlanguage Print Culture | 132 |
Writing Young Wales | 160 |
Epilogue | 188 |
Notes | 193 |
| 225 | |
| 251 | |
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| Title | Nineteenth-Century Women's Writing in Wales: Nation, Gender and Identity Gender Studies in Wales |
| Author | Jane Aaron |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | University of Wales Press, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0708322875, 9780708322871 |
| Length | 263 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / General Social Science / Gender Studies |
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