Demonising the Victorian Heroine's Coming-of-Age in Edward Bulwer-Lytton's Lucretia and Edgar Allan Poe's Tales
In Victorian times, the female subject, as embodiment of domestic morality, contributed to the construction of middle-class ideology. In Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s novel Lucretia (1846), the female protagonist apparently incarnates the ideal Victorian heroine. Nonetheless, through her coming-of-age, Luc...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2008 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat de Lleida (UdL) |
| Repositorio: | Repositori Obert UdL |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/59835 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.25115/odisea.v0i9.205 http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/59835 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Transatlanticism Gender Victorian heroines Gothic fiction Coming-of-age Edward Bulwer-Lytton Edgar Allan Poe Transatlanticismo Género Heroínas victorianas Ficción gótica Paso a la madurez Heroïnes en la literatura Literatura anglesa -- S. XIX Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Crítica i interpretació Bulwer Lytton, Edwards -- Crítica i interpretació |
| Sumario: | In Victorian times, the female subject, as embodiment of domestic morality, contributed to the construction of middle-class ideology. In Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s novel Lucretia (1846), the female protagonist apparently incarnates the ideal Victorian heroine. Nonetheless, through her coming-of-age, Lucretia’s privileged mind and lack of affection lead her to pursue ambitious aims in a men’s world. Edgar Allan Poe also referred to the incipient power women began to achieve. This article aims to analyse in which ways Victorian women’s awakening power is demonised through their comingof- age, thus pursuing a transatlantic comparative analysis between Bulwer-Lytton’s Lucretia and Edgar Allan Poe’s women’s tales. |
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