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Beautiful Boredom: Idleness and Feminine Self-Realization in the Victorian Novel Lee Anna Maynard
Beautiful Boredom: Idleness and Feminine Self-Realization in the Victorian Novel
Lee Anna Maynard
Explores boredom as a possible force for good in the Victorian novel. This book discusses Charlotte Bronte's ""Jane Eyre"" (1847), George Eliot's ""Middlemarch"" (1871-72), and Henry James' ""The Portrait of a Lady"" (1881). It examines the deleterious and restorative aspects of boredom.
190 pages, photos, notes, bibliography, index
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 2, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780786445554 |
| Publishers | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Pages | 198 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 10 mm · 277 g |
| Language | English |