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Filtering by: Subject Women's clothing -- History -- 19th century Degree Name Master of Arts (M.A.)

Constructing identities : analyzing dress, appearance, and mental illness in Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White

Creator:

Haas, Rachael E.

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to determine how the popular writer Wilkie Collins used dress and appearance to bring to light concerns about mental illness in his 1859-60 sensation novel The Woman in White. The method of narrative analysis was used to complete this study. Data sheets were developed...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

, women in white. Particularly appropriate, Harvey (1995) cites the works of 19th century novelists