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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Mrs. Oliphant : 'A Fiction to Herself' : A Literary Life
- ISBN
- 9780198128755
- Subject Area
- Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
- Publication Name
- Mrs Oliphant: &Quot;A Fiction to Herself&Quot; : a Literary Life
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Subject
- Women Authors, Literary, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Publication Year
- 1995
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Item Weight
- 26.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 366 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0198128754
ISBN-13
9780198128755
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1793859
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
366 Pages
Publication Name
Mrs Oliphant: &Quot;A Fiction to Herself&Quot; : a Literary Life
Language
English
Subject
Women Authors, Literary, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year
1995
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
26.1 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
94-003528
Reviews
Elisabeth Jay has drawn upon Oliphant's wide-ranging writing in numerous modes, to give a comprehensive and often surprising portrait of the professional Victorian woman writer. This study of Oliphant's career as a professional Victorian writer, of her critical and intellectual interests, and the extraordinary way in which she managed fiction and journalism over her career, will cast a new light on the period., 'Elisabeth Jay has drawn upon Oliphant's wide-ranging writing in numerous modes, to give a comprehensive and often surprising portrait of the professional Victorian woman writer. This study of Oliphant's career as a professional Victorian writer, of her critical and intellectual interests, andthe extraordinary way in which she managed fiction and journalism over her career, will cast a new light on the period.'Elaine Showalter, Professor of English, Princeton University, 'This is a valuable study, strong on Mrs Oliphant's religious experiences and on her professional life.'Penelope Fitzgerald, The Observer, 'for anyone interested in the story of fiction, here is a perceptive introduction to a woman whose very ordinariness made her an extraordinary phenomenon in literary history.'Financial Times, 'a scholarly account of the woman and her work that is a serious and welcome contribution to the study of a still unjustly neglected writer ... Elisabeth Jay's book will be of interest to those who already love Oliphant; for new readers the novels and short stories themselves should be thefirst priority.'The Herald, 'She manages to involve us in Mrs Oliphant's unknown books to such an extent, and with such skill, that I for one became quite convinced that, instead of having read four of the novels and one of the biographies...I had read them all. This is a rare achievement for an academic study, but Jayis unusaually patient and attentive to her reaer, and it shows at every stage. ...her book is a truly literary biography, concerned to show how Mrs oliphant's writing both mirrored and evaded her concerns.'Times Literary Supplement, 'magnificent book ... Jay herself has attempted - successfully - to write a thematic study which tugs out strands from Oliphant's life and fiction and allows them to lie alongside each other, resistant to any hierarchical ordering. ... Jay does her good service ... she has written a modelbiography: rigorous, experimental and saturated with respect and affection for its subject.'Literary Review, 'This is a valuable study, strong on Mrs Oliphant's religious experiences and on her personal life.'Observer
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
823/.8 B
Synopsis
As a Scottish woman and expatriate, Mrs. Oliphant (1828-97) began her prolific writing career removed in many ways from the center of Victorian literary life. Widowed early, she became keenly aware of the discrepancy between society's assumptions about women's roles and her own position as a female breadwinner in the male-dominated world of nineteenth-century publishing. This lucid and comprehensive biography considers the way in which a particular woman writer perceived her own life, and the wider question of whether women writers have been well-served by the mythological structures of male biography., As an expatriate Scots woman, Mrs Margaret Oliphant (1828-97) started her prolific and accomplished writing career at three removes from the centre of Victorian literary life. Widowed early, and left with not only her own children, but two brothers, a nephew and two nieces to support, she became keenly aware of the discrepancy between society's assumptions about woman's role and her own position as a female breadwinner in the male-dominated world of nineteenth-century publishing. Out of the contrast between her wryly ironic view of life and the conventions of Victorian fiction came the disconcerting questioning of accepted ideologies of the family, religious orthodoxy and a woman's place in society that characterizes her writing.Mrs Oliphant: A Fiction to Herself paints an often surprising picture of the professional Victorian woman writer. By choosing to interweave the life and the work of Mrs Oliphant, Elisabeth Jay's lucid and comprehensive study raises for consideration the way in which a particular woman writer perceived her own life, and the wider question of whether women writers have been well-served by the mythological structures of male biography.'Elisabeth Jay has drawn upon Oliphant's wide-ranging writing in numerous modes, to give a comprehensive and often surprising portrait of the professional Victorian woman writer. This study of Oliphant's career as a professional Victorian writer, of her critical and intellectual interests, and the extraordinary way in which she managed fiction and journalism over her career, will cast a new light on the period.Elaine Showalter, Professor of English, Princeton Univesity, As an expatriate Scots woman, Mrs Oliphant (1828-97) started her prolific and accomplished writing career far removed from the centre of Victorian literary life. Presenting an often surprising portrait of the professional Victorian woman writer, Elisabeth Jay's comprehensive biography considers the way in which Mrs Oliphant perceived her own life, and the wider question of whether women writers have been well served by the mythological structures of male biography.
LC Classification Number
PR5114.J39 1995
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- c***m (431)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseAAA+++; Excellent Service; Great Pricing; Fast Delivery-Faster Than Expected to Hawaii using free shipping USPS Ground Mail, Received 06/18; Paperback book in Great Condition as Described ; TLC Packaging; Excellent Seller Communication, Sends updates . Highly Recommended!, Thank you very much!Jesse Livermore's Two Books of Market Wisdom: Reminiscences of a Stock Operat... (#356784261477)
- n***m (111)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGood price for the book. Shipping was slow. Messaged the seller a week after I ordered it to see when they were going to ship it. They responded immediately and said it would be shipped out soon. Got it about a week later. Book did arrive in the date range that they provided though  Minimal packaging. Book is Shrink wrapped and only wrapped in thin plastic. No bubble wrap. Book is in good shape though. 
- v***v (97)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseShipping took almost 2 weeks but the book arrived brand new and as listed. Was shipped in a plastic mailer with no protection but I got lucky it seems as the book suffered no damage in the shipping. Regardless, I recommend the seller, book was as described and brand new! Thank you so much!True Soldier Gentlemen, Paperback by Goldsworthy, Adrian, Brand New, Free shi... (#388332578464)