Current feminist theory has developed powerful explanations for some women writers' rebellion against patriarchy. But other women writers did not rebel; rather, they supported and celebrated patriarchy. Examining the lives and selected works of two late eighteenth-century writers, Hannah More and Maria Edgeworth, this book explores what it means for a woman writer to identify with her father and the patriarchal tradition he represents. Kowaleski-Wallace exposes the psychological, social, and historical factors that motivated such an identification, and reveals the consequences that result from being a "daddy's girl."
Author(s): Elizabeth Kowaleski-Wallace
Year: 1991
Language: English
Pages: 256
CONTENTS......Page 14
1 Their Fathers' Daughters: An Introduction......Page 18
2 Milton's Bogey Reconsidered......Page 42
3 Hannah and Her Sister: Women and Evangelicalism......Page 71
An Introduction to Maria Edgeworth......Page 110
4 Home Economics: Domestic Ideology in Belinda......Page 124
5 Good Housekeeping: The Politics of Anglo-Irish Ascendancy......Page 153
6 Monstrous Daughters: The Problem of Maternal Inheritance......Page 188
7 Coda: Charlotte Bronte and Milton's Cook......Page 213
NOTES......Page 224
D......Page 246
G......Page 247
M......Page 248
U......Page 249
Y......Page 250
