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Kohn, Denise Marie, The Feminist Trollope: Hero(in)es in
The Warden and Barchester Towers. Master of Arts (English),
August, 1992, 106 pp., works cited, 47 titles.
Although Anthony Trollope has traditionally been
considered an anti-feminist author, studies within the past
decade have shown that Trollope's later novels show support
for female power and sympathy for Victorian women who were
dissatisfied with their narrow roles in society. A feminist
reading of two of his earliest novels, The Warden and
Barchester Towers, shows that Trollope's feminism is not
limited to his later works. In The Warden, Trollope acclaims
female power and "wonan's logic" through female characters
and the womanly warden, Septimus Harding. In Barchester
Towers, Trollope continues to support feminism through his
positive portrayals of strong, independent women and the
androgynous Harding. In Barchester Towers, the battle of the
sexes ends in a balance of power.
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Kohn, Denise Marie. The Feminist Trollope: Hero(in)es in The Warden and Barchester Towers, thesis, August 1992; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500980/m1/2/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .