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EN333: Day 2

EN333: Day 2. What you need to know before we get going. The Nuts & Bolts. Who are the sensation novelists? Braddon, Collins, Reade, Wood Some more popular authors too C. Bronte and Dickens. What Brought it ON. Rose to popularity in Great Britain in mid 1800’s

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EN333: Day 2

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  1. EN333: Day 2 What you need to know before we get going

  2. The Nuts & Bolts • Who are the sensation novelists? • Braddon, Collins, Reade, Wood • Some more popular authors too • C. Bronte and Dickens

  3. What Brought it ON • Rose to popularity in Great Britain in mid 1800’s • Response to “novel of manners” • Propaganda? • Middle-class guide books • Live the “proper” British lifestyle • Pair-Share: What are some Victorian norms and values?

  4. Let’s Compare • With the person next to you, create a Venn Diagram for life in 1860 vs. life in 1950. • Men: industrious, bread winners • Women: “angel in the house”

  5. Angel in the House • Remain in the home • Tend to domestic duties • i.e. order around the staff • Be polite • Be calm • Dote on husband

  6. But… • Overabundance of single women • More women than men born in previous generation • By 1891, 882,000 excess women (Kramer, David. "George Gissing and Women's Work: Contextualizing the Female Professional." English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920 43.3 (2000): 317.) • Not independently wealthy • Came from modest homes • Moderate education • Forced to work • Menial and low-paying

  7. Surplus Women • INDEPENDENCE! • Many liked it • Took the opportunity to improve employment prospects and other advancements for other women • Pair-Share: What might be some other advantages and disadvantages of being a single women in the 1860’s be?

  8. The Opposition • Fuddy-duddies • Women with jobs AND independence from men?!?! • Can’t let women enjoy the single life • What to do? • Use literature

  9. Lit of the early-mid 1800’s • Plot focused around angelic-looking and acting women • Keeping house • Tending children • Doting on husband • Submissive • Never angry • Polite • Fashionable

  10. So not Reality • Literature could not dispel all crime form the world • Sensation novels turned the notion of “angle in the house” upside down

  11. For next class • Respond to the discussion on the wiki • Be sure to have read Maniacch. 1-3 for Feb. 3

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