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Victoria, queen of great britain, 1819-1901Queens in literatureEnglish literature, history and criticism, 19th centuryPolitics and literatureWomen and literature
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"Queens, by Definition, embody a historical contradiction between femininity and power. Queen Victoria, whose strength and longevity defined an age, possessed immense cultural as well as political power, even becoming a writer herself."--BOOK JACKET. "This cultural sovereignty, argues Gail Turley Houston, in the hands of a female monarch troubled writers, especially men, who worked during a reign that viewed women as domestic angels. By exploring a wide range of representations of the queen by significant Victorian writers, Houston points out the complexity of Victorian constructions of gender, representation, authority, and identity. She works to demystify such canonized authors as Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Margaret Oliphant by examining the ways they encounter Victoria in their writings. The queen's feminine power seems to be at odds with the masculine profession of author, which was also coming to be viewed as a significant representative of the culture."--BOOK JACKET.
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Victoria, queen of great britain, 1819-1901Queens in literatureEnglish literature, history and criticism, 19th centuryPolitics and literatureWomen and literatureMonarchy in literature
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