Resisting Gwendolen's "subjection": 'Daniel Deronda's proto-feminism. (novel by George Eliot)

From: Studies in the Novel | Date: December 22, 1996| Author: Sypher, Eileen | Copyright information

Gwendolen Harleth, one of the heroines in George Eliot's 'Daniel Deronda,' shows the desire of women to escape the limitations imposed by men. Gwendolen's rescue by the title character only appears to conform to the male-savior/female-victim model. Gwendolen dislikes men and wants control over her life, which makes her an early feminist. She resists the male characters' efforts to manage her and remains unknowable.

George Eliot's feminism, as readers and critics regularly observe,...

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