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Women and the Railway, 1850-1915 (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture EUP)
Anna Despotopoulou
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Hardcover. Examining the representation of women in the spaces of the railway in literature and culture of the 19th and early 20th century, this book brings together the sensation, realist, and modernist railway narratives by female and male authors, analyzing women's trajectories within and beyond the city but also the nation, as urban passengers, and more. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
This book examines cultural representations of women's experience of the railway in the nineteenth century. Examining the representation of women in the spaces of the railway in literature and culture of the 19th and early 20th century, this book explores the extraordinary and unprecedented opportunities that the train offered women. An emblem of the conquest of national and imperial space and of the staggering advances of science and technology, the train gave women a taste of its omnipotence, eventually becoming a space of emancipation, transgression, but also fear for women. The book brings together the sensation, mystery, realist, and ... Read more
This book examines cultural representations of women's experience of the railway in the nineteenth century. Examining the representation of women in the spaces of the railway in literature and culture of the 19th and early 20th century, this book explores the extraordinary and unprecedented opportunities that the train offered women. An emblem of the conquest of national and imperial space and of the staggering advances of science and technology, the train gave women a taste of its omnipotence, eventually becoming a space of emancipation, transgression, but also fear for women. The book brings together the sensation, mystery, realist, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748676941
SKU
V9780748676941
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About Anna Despotopoulou
Anna Despotopoulou is Associate Professor of English Literature and Culture at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, where she teaches nineteenth and twentieth century English fiction.
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