The not so blank "blank page" : the politics of narrative and the woman narrator in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century English novel / Thorell Porter Tsomondo.

Author/creator Tsomondo, Thorell Porter
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Peter Lang, ©2007.
Descriptionix, 149 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
English fiction--18th century. --History and criticism.
Women and literature--Great Britain. --History. --18th century.
Women and literature--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
English fiction--19th century. --History and criticism.
Narration (Rhetoric)--History. --19th century.
Narration (Rhetoric)--History. --18th century.
First person narrative.
Sex role in literature.
Women in literature.

Contents Locating the female voice : the politics of narrative and the question of "the blank page" -- Concerning leave to speak : Moll Flanders' suit -- Speaking of chastity, virtue, honor : the life of Harriot Stuart written by herself -- The entangled "I" : memoirs of Emma Courtney -- Meaning on the margin the third-story frame in Jane Eyre -- There's a ghost in it : Esther's portion of Bleak House -- Babel deferred?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [135]-142) and index.
LCCN 2004027470
ISBN0820476498 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780820476490 (hardcover : alk. paper)