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