A (Confined?) room of one's own - Sense and Sensibility, Jane Eyre, The Yellow Wallpaper, Room and Mrs Dalloway.
Medium
Periodical Article
Medium
- part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Apr2019 (Volume) 84
Classif
820 EMA
Subject
English literature
Page
45 - 47
Authors
Simons, Judy
Contents
The author looks at the concept of the room in women's fiction from Austen (1811) to Emma Donoghue (2010), revealing the powerful resonance of a trope that can signify both containment and constraint, as well as powerful passions.