Description
Glimmerings of ecofeminist theory that would emerge a century later can be detected in women's poetry of the later Victorian period. Patricia Murphy examines the work of six "proto-ecofeminist" poets - Augusta Webster, Mathilde Blind, Michael Field, Alice Meynell, Constance Naden, and L. S. Bevington - who contested the exploitation of the natural world. Challenging prevalent assumptions that nature is inferior, rightly subordinated, and deservedly manipulated, these poets instead "reconstructed" nature.
About the Author
Patricia Murphy is Professor Emerita of English at Missouri Southern State University and the author of four books, including The New Woman Gothic: Reconfigurations of Distress and In Science's Shadow: Literary Constructions of Late Victorian Women (both University of Missouri Press) and Time Is of the Essence: Temporality, Gender, and the New Woman (SUNY Press). She lives in Joplin, Missouri.
Book Information
ISBN 9780826221872
Author Patricia Murphy
Format Hardback
Page Count 280
Imprint University of Missouri Press
Publisher University of Missouri Press
Weight(grams) 555g
About the Author
Patricia Murphy is Professor Emerita of English at Missouri Southern State University and the author of four books, including The New Woman Gothic: Reconfigurations of Distress and In Science's Shadow: Literary Constructions of Late Victorian Women (both University of Missouri Press) and Time Is of the Essence: Temporality, Gender, and the New Woman (SUNY Press). She lives in Joplin, Missouri.
Book Information
ISBN 9780826221872
Author Patricia Murphy
Format Hardback
Page Count 280
Imprint University of Missouri Press
Publisher University of Missouri Press
Weight(grams) 555g
