Pre-Feminist Indicators in Margaret Oliphant's Early Responses to the Woman Question
Description:
Margaret Oliphant's fiction has generated some interest in recent years, but her prose essays have been ignored. Critics contend her essays are unimportant and dismiss Oliphant as a hack writer who had little sympathy with her sex. These charges are untrue, however, because many influences complicated Oliphant's writings on the Woman Question. She suffered recurring financial difficulties and gender discrimination, she lacked formal education, and most of her work was published by Blackwood's, …
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Date:
December 1996
Creator:
Spencer, Sandra L.
Partner:
UNT Libraries