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RHODA BROUGHTON IBD

TAMAR HELLER
EDWARD EVERETT ROOT PUBLISHERS
11 / 2023
9781915115126
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Sinopsis

Rhoda Broughton (1840-1920), whose career spanned over fifty years, was one of the most popular writers of the late-Victorian era.áShe burst into literary prominence-and notoriety-in 1867, with the publication in volume form of her first two novels, Not Wisely, but Too Well and Cometh Up as a Flower.áStarring respectable young women teetering on the brink of sexual fall, both books were assailed by critics as immoral and eagerly devoured by the public.áEven after she moved away from the scandalous genre of sensation fiction with which her earliest works were associated, BroughtonâÇÖs tales continued to feature passionate, unconventional heroines who, as Anthony Trollope said, 'throw themselves at menâÇÖs heads, and when they are not accepted only think how they may throw themselves again.'áThis book-the first full-length critical study of BroughtonâÇÖs work-explores her pioneering representation of female sexuality, as well as her sensitive portrayal of womenâÇÖs disadvantaged position in late-Victorian and Edwardian culture.áThe book thus addresses a key paradox of BroughtonâÇÖs career:áalthough she was classified as a writer of love stories, her depiction of romance-informed as it is by an awareness of power imbalances between the sexes-is resolutely unsentimental, even Gothic.áA highly self-conscious writer, Broughton often uses metafictional elements and intertextual allusion to convey the difficulties of translating womenâÇÖs lived experience into literary form.áHer novels-particularly those written after the demise of the bulky triple-decker format-often experiment with deferring, ironically undercutting, and even avoiding conventional happily-ever-after endings.áAlthough she was not a self-identified feminist, BroughtonâÇÖs innovations nonetheless paved the way for those of later feminist writers, such as Virginia Woolf.