The Modern Language Review · 1998 · 75 citations · 0 references
HumanitiesCultural StudiesHistoryGender HistoryWomen's HistoryWomen's StudiesFeminist LiteratureGender And FamilyWomen's MemoirAdolescent GirlhoodHistory Of WomanhoodNew Woman
Drawing on fiction, magazines, memoirs and advice manuals, this text explores the emergence of a separate culture of girlhood - the free space between childhood and marriage - in England at the end of the 19th century.