"'Dear! How tiresome it must be to be so religious! [...] and where's the use of it?'" Religious Identity and the Empowerment of Femininity in Mary Martha Sherwood's The Fairchild Family (1818) and The Rose: A Fairy Tale (1821) (1).
| Autor: | Claridge Middup, Linda |
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| Zdroj: | Nineteenth Century Gender Studies; Winter2013, Vol. 9 Issue 3, p1-17, 17p |
| Abstrakt: | A literary criticism of Mary Martha Sherwood's books "The History of the Fairchild Family" and "The Rose: A Fairy Tale" is presented. It examines the promotion of feminine virtue in both books and the placement of Sherwood's narrative within the family unit in "The History of the Fairchild Family." It also explores the symbolic significance of the characters in both books and the element of religious didacticism. |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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