Portraits of the Girl‐Child
Female Bildungsroman in Victorian Fiction 1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12880905 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah E Maier (0009-0001-9935-4815, University of New Brunswick, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 317-335 |
| Publication date | 2006-12-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Literature Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1741-4113 • E-ISSN: 1741-4113 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2006.00411.x |
| OpenAlex | W2061141116 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 5 |
This article explores the origins and traditional conventions of the literary bildungsroman and investigates the possibility of a female bildungsroman in the Victorian novels Jane Eyre (1847) by Charlotte Brontë and Mill on the Floss (1860) by George Eliot. These novels paint literary portraits of the physical, educational and intellectual growth of two Victorian girl‐children into womanhood whose experiences are explored to determine to what extent the construction of the child subject in fiction shapes the women whom the characters, Jane and Maggie, become; further, theories of the genre are considered, as well as the alterations required to the bildungsroman paradigm in its application to female characters
Art · Art history · Developmental psychology · George (robot · Girl · Literature · Popular fiction · Portrait · Subject (documents · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Literature: history, themes, analysis · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,7 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |