Appearing to diminish : female development and the British bildungsroman, 1750-1850

Appearing to diminish : female development and the British bildungsroman, 1750-1850 / Lorna Ellis.

Author/creator	Ellis, Lorna, 1967-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Lewisburg [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press ; London : Associated University Presses, ©1999.
Description	205 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	English fiction--Women authors --History and criticism. Women and literature--Great Britain --History --18th century. Women and literature--Great Britain --History --19th century. Psychological fiction, English--History and criticism. English fiction--18th century --History and criticism. English fiction--19th century --History and criticism. Maturation (Psychology) in literature. Young women in literature. Bildungsromans--History and criticism.

Contents	Gender, development, and the Bildungsroman -- Amatory fiction as precursor to the Bildungsroman -- Reacting to romance and building the Bildungsroman: the female Quixote and Betsy Thoughtless -- Evelina: appearing to be a Bildungsroman -- Seeing and "fit to be seen" Emma Woodhouse and Elizabeth Bennett Jane Eyre and the self-constructed heroine -- Epilogue: growing up after the Bildungsroman: tragic paradigms.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-195) and index.
LCCN	98047709
ISBN	0838754112 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR858.W6 E45 1999	✔ Available	Place Hold