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dc.date.accessioned2022-09-26T11:41:51Z-
dc.date.available2022-09-26T11:41:51Z-
dc.date.issued2022-
dc.identifier.citationBorg, C. (2022). Madness and women: exploring the depiction of the theme of women and madness in 19th century fiction (Bachelor's dissertation).en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/102029-
dc.descriptionB.A. (Hons)(Melit.)en_GB
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this dissertation is the explore the depiction of madwomen in 19th century fiction, specifically in the short story The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the two sensation novels Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon and The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. These three texts will be analysed through a feminist framework and Victorian perceptions and medical treatment of mentally ill women will be discussed and taken into consideration as to how these factors influence the way authors wrote their madwomen characters. Topics such as the domestication of women, the ideal woman, madness as a means to silence women and madness as a way to rebel against patriarchal hegemony will be further explored.en_GB
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dc.subjectGilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935. Yellow wallpaper -- Criticism and interpretationen_GB
dc.subjectAmerican fiction -- 19th centuryen_GB
dc.subjectBraddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1835-1915. Lady Audley's secret -- Criticism and interpretationen_GB
dc.subjectCollins, Wilkie, 1824-1889. Woman in white -- Criticism and interpretationen_GB
dc.subjectEnglish fiction -- 19th centuryen_GB
dc.subjectWomen in literatureen_GB
dc.subjectMental illness in literatureen_GB
dc.titleMadness and women : exploring the depiction of the theme of women and madness in 19th century fictionen_GB
dc.typebachelorThesisen_GB
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dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Maltaen_GB
dc.publisher.departmentFaculty of Arts. Department of Englishen_GB
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dc.contributor.creatorBorg, Cathrine (2022)-
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