PSEUDONYMITY: VICTORIAN WOMEN AUTHORS’ RECOGNITION STRATEGY
PSEUDONYMITY: VICTORIAN WOMEN AUTHORS’ RECOGNITION STRATEGY
Author(s): Mihaela Georgiana ManasiaSubject(s): Gender Studies, Cultural history, Social history, 19th Century, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: feminist writing; male pseudonyms; positive distinctiveness; social identity theory; Victorian literature; Victorian women;
Summary/Abstract: This essay presents the female authors of the Victorian era and the male pen names they adopted, arguing that it was a strategic move which favoured their acceptance by the general public. This pseudo-identity played a significant role in defining the changing reality, and in contributing to the success of feminism as a social change in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 27/2021
- Issue No: 27
- Page Range: 113-121
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English