Three Feminist Writers

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This paper discusses the selected works of three feminist writers of the nineteenth century: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti and Geraldine Jewsbury. The author points out that many women writers of the nineteenth century took the limitations placed on women as their topic. The paper states that all three works celebrate women who displayed virtues and achieved ends that, at the time, were considered the exclusive province of men.

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"Bianca, who becomes a great actor through dedication and determination--bears much more of a relation to Sand. Throughout the novel, Bianca consistently makes the best of each situation. Upon being thrust into the acting profession, and discovering a talent for it, she proceeds to win the highest place in her profession and in society on the basis of her commitment to behaving well in every situation. As she tells her protege Clara Broughton, her only rule in life has been to "measure [one]self always with the highest, and never do less than your best" (364). Bianca is freed of the constraints of decorous and womanly behavior by the grim economic facts and her refusal to do anything but her best."

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