The Proper Lady and the Woman Writer: Ideology as Style in the Works of Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley, and Jane Austen (Women in Culture and Society)
by Mary Poovey
Mary Poovey examines ideology as style in the works of Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley, and Jane Austen. Focusing on the relationship between femininity and authorship, this scholarly study considers how the figure of the proper lady intersects with the woman writer in literary and cultural analysis.
About This Book
Mary Poovey’s study explores the relationship between ideology and literary style.
It focuses on the works of Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley, and Jane Austen.
The book considers ideas of the proper lady alongside the figure of the woman writer.
Part of the Women in Culture and Society series, it offers a scholarly perspective on gender, authorship, and literary representation.
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