'For-I-am-but-a-girl': Female power in Ford Madox Ford's The 'Brown Owl'

Authors
Campbell, LM
Citation
Lm. Campbell, 'For-I-am-but-a-girl': Female power in Ford Madox Ford's The 'Brown Owl', MOSAIC, 34(2), 2001, pp. 33-48
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Literature
Journal title
MOSAIC-A JOURNAL FOR THE INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF LITERATURE
ISSN journal
00271276 → ACNP
Volume
34
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
33 - 48
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-1276(200106)34:2<33:'FPIFM>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
This essay brings a feminist perspective to bear on the fairy-tale princess character type, both in classic tales and in Victorian literary fantasy. T he essay argues that in 'The Brown Owl' Ford Madox Ford's Ismara exemplifie s the problematic state of gender roles in late-nineteenth-century society.