A double singleness : gender and the writings of Charles and Mary Lamb

A double singleness : gender and the writings of Charles and Mary Lamb / Jane Aaron.

This work examines the lives and works of Charles and Mary Lamb, using feminist and psychoanalytic literary theory. The book argues that their childhood and work experiences and the role of madness and matricide in their lives separated them from the Romantic spirit of their time.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aaron, Jane, 1951-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Clarendon, 1991.
Subjects:
Lamb, Charles, > 1775-1834 > Criticism and interpretation.
Lamb, Mary, > 1764-1847 > Criticism and interpretation.
Lamb, Charles, > 1775-1834
Lamb, Mary, > 1764-1847
1800-1899
Feminism and literature > England > History > 19th century.
Siblings > England > History > 19th century.
English literature > Psychological aspects.
Gender identity in literature.
Psychoanalysis and literature > England.
Authorship > Collaboration.
Sex role in literature.
authors.
Authorship > Collaboration
Siblings
English literature > Psychological aspects
Feminism and literature
Gender identity in literature
Psychoanalysis and literature
Sex role in literature
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Rank and Gender
  • Work and Time
  • 'We are in a manner marked'
  • A Modern Electra
  • 'The impertinence of manhood'
  • 'Bridget and I should be ever playing'.

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