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Cover of Women's Suffrage Literature

Women's Suffrage Literature

Edited by Katharine Cockin; Glenda Norquay; Sowon S. Park

  • Published: 11 Nov 2004
  • DOI: 10.4324/9780415357449
  • Set ISBN: 9780415357449

Set Contents

The Politics of (non) Romance


It is a curious fact that any investigation of suffrage fiction will lead to the observation that the novels written in the thick of the campaign are mostly predicated on romantic narratives. Romantic interest and feminist campaign might seem like oil and water, yet in most pro-suffrage fiction the structure of romance is used as the constant with which the variables of feminist narratives are interwoven; and in anti-suffrage fiction, the protagonist’s political engagement is usually a temporary deviation that only serves to reinforce the romantic outcome.

Volume Contents

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    Front Matter
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    Introduction to Volume IV By Katharine Cockin; Glenda Norquay; Sowon S. Park
  • Romance and Suffrage
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      A Fair Suffragette (London: Henry J. Drane, 1909) By Adrienne Mollwo
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        Chapter I: A Riverside Bungalow
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        Chapter II: Woman’s Rights
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        Chapter III: Among the Bulrushes
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        Chapter IV: Light Moments
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        Chapter V: An Unfortunate Bill
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        Chapter VI: The End of the Dream
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        Chapter VII: A Sorrowful Awakening
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        Chapter VIII: The Pretty Sally
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        Chapter IX: An Untoward Meeting
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        Chapter X: Lady Blanche’s Strange Request
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        Chapter XI: An Awkward Predicament
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        Chapter XII: How the Situation is Accepted
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        Chapter XIII: Dust and Ashes
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        Chapter XIV: Mowbray Pays A Call
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        Chapter XV: Gipsie in Holloway
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        Chapter XVI: Some Sympathy and a Story
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        Chapter XVII: A Lecture on Woman’s Suffrage
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        Chapter XVIII: A Favour from the Gods
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        Chapter XIX: Tea at the Carlton
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        Chapter XX: Lady Dalny Puts a Pertinent Question
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        Chapter XXI: The March of the Suffragettes
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        Chapter XXII: The Storming of The Houses of Parliament
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        Chapter XXIII: The New Bill and the Old
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        Chapter XXIV: Retrospection
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        Chapter XXV: Lady Blanche Hears Some News
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        Chapter XXVI: Norton Makes a Proposal
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        Chapter XXVII: No Votes for Women, and a Farewell
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        Chapter XXVIII: An Accident and Its Consequences
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        Chapter XXIX: A Sublime Act of Atonement
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        Chapter XXX: Love the Conqueror
  • Non-Romantic Suffrage Narratives
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      'Shaking Hands with the Middle Ages', Rebel Women (London: John Lane, 1910) pp. 27-40 By Evelyn Sharp
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      'Votes for Women — Forward!', Rebel Women (London: John Lane, 1910) pp. 92-100 By Evelyn Sharp
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      'The Person Who Cannot Escape', Rebel Women (London: John Lane, 1910) pp. 101-9 By Evelyn Sharp