Too Far Everywhere: The Romantic Heroine in Nineteenth-century AustraliaThe deliberate exclusion of women's romances resulted in the development of an Australian culture based on a masculine bush ethos. In recovering previously neglected women's texts, Giles argues for a more inclusive and heterogeneous view. |
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Page 85
... Elizabeth , the most pow- erful of the sisters , who is most “ like butter ” ( 298 ) in the hands of her husband . Similarly , Elizabeth's desire to have him propose to her before he becomes aware that she is independently entitled to ...
... Elizabeth , the most pow- erful of the sisters , who is most “ like butter ” ( 298 ) in the hands of her husband . Similarly , Elizabeth's desire to have him propose to her before he becomes aware that she is independently entitled to ...
Page 90
... Elizabeth's disregarding of the legal code serves to emphasise that it is her primary familial connection , particularly her relation- ship to her mother , which ensures a just outcome . That is , Elizabeth's identity prior to her ...
... Elizabeth's disregarding of the legal code serves to emphasise that it is her primary familial connection , particularly her relation- ship to her mother , which ensures a just outcome . That is , Elizabeth's identity prior to her ...
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... Elizabeth's ability to make this tran- sition . In an allegorical “ leap of faith " , in the darkness of a cave , Elizabeth accepts the value of Yelverton's liberal humanism . While this might seem overstated , it points to the physical ...
... Elizabeth's ability to make this tran- sition . In an allegorical “ leap of faith " , in the darkness of a cave , Elizabeth accepts the value of Yelverton's liberal humanism . While this might seem overstated , it points to the physical ...
Contents
Recovering the heroine | 1 |
Colonial Migration | 9 |
Making a New Space | 23 |
Copyright | |
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