Tag: gender in literature
Where dangerous women swim
Victoria Leslie explores the connection between women and water–physical and metaphorical–in myth, history and the writing of Virginia Woolf.
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Bridle/Bridal Mismanagement in Early Modern Drama
Through the lens of seventeenth century horsemanship, Jemima Hubberstey explores the subversive potential for a dangerous woman, like a spirited horse, to resist and destabilise the patriarchal order.
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Pioneering Nigerian administrator, academic and author
Co-written by Flora’s eldest daughter and niece, today’s post considers the life and accomplishments of this remarkable Nigerian woman.
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‘Woman enough to wear the color of blood and fire without fear and without trepidation.’ Today we feature prose from award-winning author, performance poet and educator Jasminne Mendez.
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The case of Winnie Verloc
Susan Jones is Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford. Here she explores Conrad’s treatment of Winnie Verloc from ‘The Secret Agent’–one of the writer’s most deadly protagonists.
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Breaking the mould as the first female Director General of MI5
Dame Stella Rimington was the first female Director General of UK intelligence service MI5. Today, she recalls changing perceptions of her as a ‘dangerous woman’.
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A woman of many dangers?
Artist, intelligence analyst, research psychologist, science fiction writer under a male pseudonym… Alexandra Pierce looks at the many facets of Alice.
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