{"product_id":"gone-girls-1684-1901-nora-gilbert-9780198876540","title":"Gone Girls, 1684-1901: Flights of Feminist Resistance in the Eighteenth- And Nineteenth-Century British Novel","description":"In \u003cem\u003eGone Girls, 1684-1901\u003c\/em\u003e, Nora Gilbert argues that the persistent trope of female characters running away from some iteration of 'home' played a far more influential role in the histories of both the rise of the novel and the rise of modern feminism than previous accounts have acknowledged. For as much as the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British novel may have worked to establish the private, middle-class, domestic sphere as the rightful (and sole) locus of female authority in the ways that prior critics have outlined, it was also continually showing its readers female characters who refused to buy into such an agenda--refusals which resulted, strikingly often, in those characters' physical flights from home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe steady current of female flight coursing through this body of literature serves as a powerful counterpoint to the ideals of feminine modesty and happy homemaking it was expected officially to endorse, and challenges some of novel studies' most accepted assumptions. Just as the #MeToo movement has used the tool of repeated, aggregated storytelling to take a stand against contemporary rape culture, \u003cem\u003eGone Girls, 1684-1901\u003c\/em\u003e identifies and amplifies a recurrent strand of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British storytelling that served both to emphasize the prevalence of gendered injustices throughout the period and to narrativize potential ways and means for readers facing such injustices to rebel, resist, and get out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nora Gilbert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198876548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198876540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.48w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2024","brand":"Nora Gilbert","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44365143572735,"sku":"9780198876540","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6d560037-3f3b-4f06-93ae-218d4712d118.jpg?v=1697056866","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gone-girls-1684-1901-nora-gilbert-9780198876540","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}