Routledge Women's University Fiction, 1880–1945 (Literary Texts and the Popular Marketplace)

The rise of the middle classes brought a sharp increase in the number of young men and women able to attend university. Developing in the wake of this increase, the university novel often centred on male undergraduates at either Oxford or Cambridge. Bogen argues that an analysis of the lesser known female narratives can provide new insights. Review 'impressively bridges conventional periodization and categorization to reveal a body of fiction that wrestles with the dominating discourses of liberal education and intellectual maturity found in men's university fiction ... a very welcome addition.' Nineteenth-Century Gender Studies 'Warning: this book may seriously add to your reading list ... The range of material that Anna Bogen explores opens up the possibilities of further work on this genre by historians of higher education.' Women's History Review 'the first of its kind, a much-needed recovery and reassessment of women's university fiction ... the book mines a rich seam of neglected women's writing.' Times Literary Supplement About the Author Anna Bogen is based at the Department of English and Comparative Literature, McMicken College of Arts & Sciences, University of Cincinnati. Her main research interests centre on Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Media Studies, Religion, New Media, Cultural History and Cultural Theory.