Essays about: "Wilike collins"

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  1. 1. Wilkie Collins’ Challenge to Traditional Female Roles in The Woman in White

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för språk och kultur; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Lisa Pagander; [2014]
    Keywords : Wilike collins; sisterhood; female roles; education;

    Abstract : This essay is based on the argument that Wilkie Collins, in his novel The Woman in White (1859), the first sensational novel and prequel to the detective genre, challenges stereotypical female roles in his presentation of the two sisters Laura Fairlie and Marian Halcombe. Through a comparative analysis of the two sisters, it is shown that Laura represents the traditional Victorian woman, while Marian challenges these ideals, and, through her, Collins creates a new type of literary heroine. READ MORE