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From paternalism to individualism : representations of women in the nineteenth century English novel

Hooker, Jennifer2018

… of the ideologies surrounding them. The texts of Emma, Jane Eyre, and Middlemarch are representative of traditional social norms and yet question some of the culture's dominant codes, especially in relation to paternalism and gender. What strikes me about these novels is that although the female …

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