Mrs. FieldingThe Single Woman as the Incarnation of the Ideal Domestic Women

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Revista:
Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos

ISSN: 0210-6124

Año de publicación: 2017

Volumen: 39

Número: 1

Páginas: 55-70

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Las escritoras del siglo XVIII eran conscientes de que a las mujeres solteras se las ridiculizaba y despreciaba. Por ello intentaron modificar los estereotipos negativos existentes, creados principalmente por los novelistas masculinos, ofreciendo atractivos retratos de mujeres solteras e independientes. Elizabeth Hamilton dignificó la figura de la solterona a través de los personajes de Martha Goodwin, Maria Fielding y Mrs. Mason. El objetivo de este artículo es analizar las similitudes entre Hamilton y Mrs. Fielding en Memoirs of Modern Philosophers (1800), así como el modo en que la autora utilizó a este personaje para explorar sus propias ideas sobre la educación de las mujeres, el matrimonio o la soltería. A través de Mrs. Fielding Hamilton no solo creó un papel positivo para “solteronas” como ella misma, sino que enseñó a sus lectores que era posible para una mujer soltera tener una vida variada, interesante, útil y reconfortante.

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