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The late-Victorian debate on marriage, motherhood and women's rights reflects the impact the women's movement had on the formation and transformation of public opinion. This comprehensive anthology contextualizes key feminist texts and ideas.
First published in 2004. This five volume set collects together a series of writings on the role of women in the late-Victorian Era. Volume 2 places the controversy on marriage and motherhood in the context of the New Woman debate. While the three debates were linked, each had its own dynamic and saw shifting alliances and antagonisms. The marriage debate pitted the three different groups and their opposing interests against each other: the Old (traditionalist) Woman defended the ideals of marriage, while the progressive man advocated 'free Iove', and the New Woman emphasized female independence within and outside marriage.
First published in 2004. This five volume set collects together a series of writings on the role of women in the late-Victorian Era. This final volume of the set, brings together the voices of female New Woman writers and late Victorian literary criticism. The contemporary debate on New Woman fiction formed part of a wider discourse on decadence, degeneration and the crises of gender and sexuality in culture, literature and political life.
First published in 2004. This five volume set collects together a series of writings on the role of women in the late-Victorian Era. New Woman fiction left its mark on fin-de-siecle British culture, transforming the literary landscape well beyond the turn of the century; it also had a considerable impact on the formation of popular as well as political thought. The next two volumes (3 and 4) make available a selection of narrative texts which were widely debated at the time.