18 books like Women musicians in Victorian fiction, 1860-1900

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Music in African American Fiction Robert H. Cataliotti · 2018 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Originally published in 1995, The Music of African American Fiction is a historical analysis of the tradition of representing music in African American fiction. The book examines the impact of evolving musical styles and innovative musicians on black culture as is manifested in the literature. The analysis begins with the slave narratives and the emergence of the first black fiction of the… Shares: Music and literature, Musical fiction, Music, History and criticism

Arthurian romance and modern poetry and music William Albert Nitze · 1940 · 101p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Shares: Music and literature, Music, History and criticism

Utopian fantasy Richard Gerber · 1955 · 174p · ≈ 5h · Moderate This book, originally published in 1955 and reissued in 1973, is a study of the flourishing of an ancient literary form which had only recently been recognized and systematically studied as a proper genre – utopian fiction. Beginning with the imaginary journeys of writers like H. G. Wells at the end of the nineteenth century, Professor Gerber traces the evolving themes and forms of the genre… Shares: Roman anglais, History and criticism, History

Women's Life Writing And Imagined Communities Cynthia Huff · 2004 · 337p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Engaging Donna Haraway: Lives in the Natureculture Web explores the impact of major theorist, Donna Haraway, in such diverse areas as feminisms, Marxism, new materialism, science studies, posthumanism, animal studies, ecocriticism, digital media, and life narrative. The book shows how Haraway’s decades-long career as a major theoretical voice and provocateur of thinking about new and complex… Shares: Women and literature, History and criticism

Sozialgeschichte der Kunst und Literatur Arnold Hauser · 1951 · ★ 3.8 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate First published in 1951 as Socialgeschichte der Kunst und Literatur, Arnold Hauser's comprehensive work explores the interaction between art and society. Through the detailing of social and historical movements Hauser provides insight into the origins of visual art. Shares: Arts, History and criticism, History

Arthurian Revival Debra Mancoff · 2014 · 330p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Discrete inquiries into 15 forms of the Arthurian legends produced over the last century explore how they have altered the tradition. They consider works from the US and Europe, and those aimed at popular and elite audiences. The overall conclusion is that the "Arthurian revival" is an ongoing event, and has become multivalent, multinational, and multimedia. Originally published in 1992. Shares: Arts, History and criticism

Letters to Alice On First Reading Jane A Fay Weldon · 1984 · ★ 3.2 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Weldon uses letters to an imaginary niece, "Alice," to pay tribute to Austen, while exploring the craft of fiction from her own standpoint. Shares: Women and literature, History and criticism, History

The foremother figure in early black women's literature Jacqueline K. Bryant · 1999 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Originally published in 1999 The Foremother Figure in Early Black Women's Literature looks at how stereotypical foremother figure exists in nineteenth century American literature. The book argues that older black woman portrayed in early black women’s works differs significantly from the older black women portrayed in early white women’s works. The foremother figure, then emerging in early black… Shares: Women and literature, History and criticism, History

Partial visions Angelika Bammer · 1991 · 198p · ≈ 6h · Moderate What would a good world for women look like? How would we get there from where we are and how would we have to change ourselves in the process? This book examines a critical moment in recent American and western European history when the utopian dimension of political movements was particularly generative and feminism was at their core. The imaginative literature that emerged out of American,… Shares: Women and literature, History and criticism, History

Class in Turn-Of-the-Century Novels of Gissing, James, Hardy and Wells Christine DeVine · 2016 · 170p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "This book argues that, due to political and ideological shifts in the last decades of the nineteenth century-a time when the class system in England was in a state of flux-a new depiction of social class was possible in the English novel. Late-century writers such as Gissing, James, Hardy and Wells question the middle-class Victorian views of class that had dominated the novel for decades. By… Shares: Roman anglais, History and criticism, History

Unbecoming women Susan Fraiman · 1993 · 189p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "Is there a "female Bildungsroman"? Can the story of Elizabeth Bennet's development be yoked to a genre conceived in terms of Wilhelm Meister and David Copperfield? Unbecoming Women unpacks the ideological baggage of the Bildungsroman, and turns to novels of development and conduct books by women for a new poetics of growing up." "In subtle readings of works by Frances Burney, Jane Austen,… Shares: Women and literature, History and criticism, History

Where No Man Has Gone Before Lucie Armitt · 1991 · 244p · ≈ 8h · Moderate How do women writers use science fiction to challenge assumptions about the genre and its representations of women?To what extent is the increasing number of women writing science fiction reformulating the expectations of readers and critics?What has been the effect of this phenomenon upon the academic establishment and the publishing industry?These are just some of the questions addressed by… Shares: Women and literature, History and criticism

Essays Virginia Woolf · 1947 · 238p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Reading and contemplation -- Seeing and using : art and craftsmanship -- At table and in bed -- Iniquitous symmetries -- The new analogy : poetry and technology -- The verbal contract -- Picasso : hand-to-hand combat with painting -- Literature and literalness -- Latin-American poetry -- A literature of convergences -- Quevedo, Heraclitus, and a handful of sonnets -- The tradition of the Haiku --… Shares: Arts, History and criticism

Victorian women's fiction Shirley Foster · 1985 · 244p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Critical interest in women's fiction has grown enormously in recent years, in particular focusing on the ways in which female novelists have, in their creative work, challenged or scrutinized contemporary assumptions about their own sex. Victorian Women's Fiction: Marriage, Freedom and the Individual develops this area of exploration, showing how mid-nineteenth-century women writers confront the… Shares: Women and literature, History and criticism, History

Writing a woman's life Carolyn G. Heilbrun · 1988 · ★ 4.1 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Drawing on the experience of celebrated women, from George Sand and Virginia Woolf to Dorothy Sayers and Adrienne Rich, Heilbrun examines the struggle these writers undertook when their drives made it impossible for them to follow the traditional "male" script for a woman's life. Refreshing and insightful, this is an homage to brave women past and present, and an invitation to all women to write… Shares: Women and literature, History and criticism

A year from Monday John Cage · 1967 · ★ 4.2 · 167p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Includes lectures, essays, diaries and other writings, including "How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse)" and "Juilliard Lecture." Shares: Music, History and criticism

The Song of the Lark Willa Cather · 1915 · ★ 3.9 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Determined to leave behind the dull values of her small hometown, an opera singer devotes increasing amounts of energy to developing her art. Shares: Musical fiction, History

Romancing the Self in Early Modern Englishwomen's Life Writing Julie A. Eckerle · 2013 · 230p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Juxtaposing life writing and romance, this study offers the first book-length exploration of the dynamic and complex relationship between the two genres. Through close analysis of a wide variety of life writings by early modern Englishwomen, Eckerle shows how deeply influenced these women were by the controversial romance genre. Her analysis adds a layer of significant nuance to our understanding… Shares: Women and literature, History and criticism, History

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