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Clarke, Micael Mary 2014-12-15T19:15:03Z 2014-12-15T19:15:03Z 10000-01-01 1984 1984 Women are central to the meaning of Thackeray's fiction, and an examination of their roles and characterization reveals that with time Thackeray acquired some remarkably forward-looking views on women. Writing at the leading edge of the great wave of nineteenth-century feminist reform, he seems to anticipate in his novels the emancipationists' criticisms of contemporary society. Although Thackeray rarely expressed sympathy for feminist ideas outside of the novels, his fiction, in its structure of ideas and (increasingly) its development of heroic qualities in women, reveals a gradual shift from personal ambivalence toward women to recognition of the damaging effects of female subordination. As he explores the effects of male-centered economic, educational, legal, aesthetic, and religious institutions on both men and women, his essential concern for truth and charity lead him to discover with increasing clarity how women can become either victims or heroines. Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-15T19:15:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 8409758.pdf: 9605972 bytes, checksum: ba012fe2c6e88a1d4d76d3308d343287 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1984 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 69597 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 249 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1984. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/69431 (UMI)AAI8409758 Literature, English From the Insipid to the Inspired: Women in Thackeray's Fiction text English English University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.