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By focusing on Rhoda Broughton’s debut novel, entitled Not Wisely but Too Well (1867), this paper sets out to explore the way the author succeeded in challenging conventional narrative models, besides subverting the customary depiction of “the Angel in the House”, the untarnished, submissive, cherub-like Victorian icon of womanhood so frequently portrayed in contemporary literature.

Subverting Traditional Models, While Exploring Women’s Sexuality, in Not Wisely but Too Well (1867) by Rhoda Broughton

University of Rome “Tor Vergata” Via Orazio Raimondo, 18, 00173 Rome,

Gender Studies

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By focusing on Rhoda Broughton’s debut novel, entitled Not Wisely but Too Well (1867), this paper sets out to explore the way the author succeeded in...

Subverting Traditional Models, While Exploring Women’s Sexuality, in Not Wisely but Too Well (1867) by Rhoda Broughton

Published Online: Mar 14, 2017

Page range: 1 - 12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2017-0001

Keywords
Not Wisely but Too Well, Rhoda Broughton, Sensation Novel, The angel in the house, Women’s Sexuality

© by Elisabetta Marino

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Subverting Traditional Models, While Exploring Women’s Sexuality, in Not Wisely but Too Well (1867) by Rhoda Broughton

Published Online: Mar 14, 2017

Page range: 1 - 12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2017-0001

KeywordsNot Wisely but Too Well, Rhoda Broughton, Sensation Novel, The angel in the house, Women’s Sexuality

© by Elisabetta Marino

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Not Wisely but Too Well, Rhoda Broughton, Sensation Novel, The angel in the house, Women’s Sexuality