A Contradiction Still: Representations of Women in the Poetry of Alexander PopeThis text offers a critique of the views concerning gender and gender roles expressed or implied in Pope's poetry. Knellwolf approaches Pope's stylistic complexity revealing it as an effect of his engagement with a historical situation in which the position of women was one of the most prominent sources of ideological conflict. She provides a discussion of Pope's poetic language and relates it to the wider context of publication in which male writers defended the masculine privilege of literary authorship against intellectual women. |
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... intellectual sphere and reduces her to a narrow definition of her gender role . The explanation that the female listener ' understands all that is told her ' , while it is made explicit that she has no abilities that are unusual or ...
... intellectual sphere and reduces her to a narrow definition of her gender role . The explanation that the female listener ' understands all that is told her ' , while it is made explicit that she has no abilities that are unusual or ...
Page 110
... intellectual with sexual activity . However much Pope adapted the story , when he decided to retell it he implicitly acknowledged that there was a tradition of intellectually and emotion- ally strong women . The most startling passage ...
... intellectual with sexual activity . However much Pope adapted the story , when he decided to retell it he implicitly acknowledged that there was a tradition of intellectually and emotion- ally strong women . The most startling passage ...
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... intellectual and sexual rights ; but in practice , he was rather hostile towards extraordinary women , especially if their intellect fed a social self - confidence that put him in a defensive position . This ambiva- lence is supported ...
... intellectual and sexual rights ; but in practice , he was rather hostile towards extraordinary women , especially if their intellect fed a social self - confidence that put him in a defensive position . This ambiva- lence is supported ...
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Contradiction and the Epistle to a Lady | 1 |
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Violence and representation in WindsorForest | 67 |
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