| Description |
viii, 217 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-208) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- Prologue : the mentor-lover in the eighteenth century : novel, conduct book and archetype -- 1. "Saturated with the platonic idea"? Judgment and passion in Northanger Abbey, Pride and prejudice and Emma -- 2. Sense and sensibility and Mansfield Park : "At once both tragedy and comedy" -- 3. "Slave of a fixed and dominant idea" : Charlotte Brontë's early writing : preliminaries or precursors? -- 4. "Should we try to counteract this influence?" : Jane Eyre, Shirley and Villette -- 5. George Eliot and "the clerical sex" : from Scenes of clerical life to Middlemarch -- 6. "Worth nine-tenths of the sermons"? The author as mentor-lover in Daniel Deronda -- Epilogue : the author, the reader and the "imaged solution" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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English fiction -- Women authors. |
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Mentoring in literature.
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Mentoring in literature. |
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Women and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Women and literature. |
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England. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Mentoring of authors -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Mentoring of authors. |
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English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction. |
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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 -- Characters -- Mentors.
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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855. |
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Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Characters -- Mentors.
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Eliot, George, 1819-1880. |
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Characters -- Mentors.
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. |
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Romance fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Romance fiction, English. |
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Man-woman relationships in literature.
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Man-woman relationships in literature. |
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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 -- Personnages -- Mentors. |
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Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Personnages -- Mentors. |
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Personnages -- Mentors. |
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Écrits de femmes anglais -- Histoire et critique. |
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Mentorat dans la littérature. |
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Femmes et littérature -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 19e siècle. |
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Roman anglais -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique. |
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Histoires d'amour anglaises -- Histoire et critique. |
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Relations entre hommes et femmes dans la littérature. |
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Parrainage d'écrivains -- Angleterre. |
| ISBN |
1403902593 |
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