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U. C. Knoepflmacher (editor) and
Nina Auerbach
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Chicago Pr
Publication date
May 1, 1992
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780226032030
ISBN-10
0226032035
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.50 lbs.
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Out of Print
Original list price
$31.95
Other format details
university press
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Two scholars rescue some authors from obscurity and accentuate the short prose of such familiar writers as Christina Rosetti, E. Nesbit, and Frances Hodgson Burnett, in a collection of eleven fantasies and fairy tales by women of Victorian England.
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As these eleven dark and wild stories demonstrate, fairy tales by Victorian women constitute a distinct literary tradition, one startlingly subversive of the society that fostered it. From Anne Thackeray Ritchie's adaptations of "The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood" to Christina Rossetti's unsettling antifantasies in Speaking Likenesses, these are breathtaking acts of imaginative freedom, by turns amusing, charming, and disturbing. Besides their social and historical implications, they are extraordinary stories, full of strange delights for readers of any age.
"Forbidden Journeys is not only a darkly entertaining book to read for the fantasies and anti-fantasies told, but also is a significant contribution to nineteenth-century cultural history, and especially feminist studies."âUnited Press International
"A service to feminists, to Victorian Studies, to children's literature and to children."âBeverly Lyon Clark, Women's Review of Books
"These are stories to laugh over, cheer at, celebrate, and wince at. . . . Forbidden Journeys is a welcome reminder that rebellion was still possible, and the editors' intelligent and fascinating commentary reveals ways in which these stories defied the Victorian patriarchy."âAllyson F. McGill, Belles LettresÂ
"Forbidden Journeys is not only a darkly entertaining book to read for the fantasies and anti-fantasies told, but also is a significant contribution to nineteenth-century cultural history, and especially feminist studies."âUnited Press International
"A service to feminists, to Victorian Studies, to children's literature and to children."âBeverly Lyon Clark, Women's Review of Books
"These are stories to laugh over, cheer at, celebrate, and wince at. . . . Forbidden Journeys is a welcome reminder that rebellion was still possible, and the editors' intelligent and fascinating commentary reveals ways in which these stories defied the Victorian patriarchy."âAllyson F. McGill, Belles LettresÂ
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Hardcover
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from Univ of Chicago Pr (May 1, 1992)
9780226032030 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $31.95
About: A collection of eleven fantasies and fairy tales features the short prose of Christina Rosetti, E.
About: A collection of eleven fantasies and fairy tales features the short prose of Christina Rosetti, E.
Paperback
Reissue edition from Univ of Chicago Pr (November 1, 1993)
9780226032047 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $32.00
About: As these eleven dark and wild stories demonstrate, fairy tales by Victorian women constitute a distinct literary tradition, one startlingly subversive of the society that fostered it.
About: As these eleven dark and wild stories demonstrate, fairy tales by Victorian women constitute a distinct literary tradition, one startlingly subversive of the society that fostered it.
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