The “Ambiguous Sex”: Cross-dressing heroines in Sensation and New Woman fiction

As exemplified by Louisa May Alcott’s “Behind a Mask” (1866), Sensation fiction is a genre preoccupied with questioning notions of Victorian femininity. However, while heroines like Jean Muir have the power to use their feminine identity to suit their own intentions, other Sensation novels, includin...

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Main Author: Katherine MANSFIELD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA) 2019-06-01
Series:E-REA
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/erea/7561
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