Name: Poetry of the New Woman
ISBN: 978-3-031-19765-9

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Patricia Murphy ⁰

Patricia Murphy
1. English (emeritus), Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, USA
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Provides an in-depth account of poetry penned by New Women
Sheds significant light on distinguished authors
Reveals poets’ deep engagement with vital issues

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture (PNWC)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-vii

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Introduction: Many Voices, Many Issues
- Patricia Murphy
Pages 1-36
The Vagaries of Marriage
- Patricia Murphy
Pages 37-69
The Workings of Desire
- Patricia Murphy
Pages 71-107
Social Responsibility for the Destitute
- Patricia Murphy
Pages 109-145
Grim Stories of the ‘Fallen Woman’
- Patricia Murphy
Pages 147-178
Poets on Poetry
- Patricia Murphy
Pages 179-215
The Promise of London
- Patricia Murphy
Pages 217-250
Conclusion: Speculating on the Future
- Patricia Murphy
Pages 251-256
Back Matter

Pages 257-277

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The New Woman sought vast improvements in Victorian culture that would enlarge educational, professional, and domestic opportunities. Although New Women resist ready classification or appraisal as a monolithic body, they tended to share many of the same beliefs and objectives aimed at improving female conditions. While novels about the iconoclastic New Woman have garnered much interest in recent decades, poetry from the cultural and literary figure has received considerably less attention. Yet the very issues that propelled New Woman fiction are integral to the poetry of the fin de siècle. This book – the first in-depth account on the subject – enriches our knowledge of exceptionally gifted writers, including Mathilde Blind, M. E. Coleridge, Olive Custance, and Edith Nesbit. It focuses on their long-neglected British verse, analyzing its treatment of crucial matters on both the personal and public level to provide the attention the poetry so richly deserves.

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English (emeritus), Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, USA

Patricia Murphy

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Patricia Murphy is Professor Emerita in English at Missouri Southern State University, USA.

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Book Title: Poetry of the New Woman
Book Subtitle: Public Concerns, Private Matters
Authors: Patricia Murphy
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19765-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-19764-2Published: 28 January 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-19767-3Published: 28 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-19765-9Published: 27 January 2023
Series ISSN: 2634-6494
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6508
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 277
Topics: Nineteenth-Century Literature, Poetry and Poetics, Literary Theory

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English (emeritus), Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, USA

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