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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/6842| Title: | Disability and the Individual Talent: Adolescent Girlhood in 'The Pillars of the House' and 'What Katy Did' | Contributor(s): | Hale, Elizabeth (author) |
Publication Date: | 2010 | DOI: | 10.1080/09699081003755151 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/6842 | Abstract: | This essay examines how Charlotte Yonge and Susan Coolidge suggest that temporary disability is a crucial stage in the development of talented teenage girls. During periods of enforced disability, Yonge's brilliant artist, Geraldine Underwood, in 'The Pillars of the House' (1873), and Coolidge's word magician, Katy Carr, in 'What Katy Did' (1872), gain self-mastery and mastery of their talent, and become the heart of the house. Disability thus symbolizes the struggle to come of age for intelligent and talented young women in books for young readers. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Women's Writing, 17(2), p. 343-360 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1747-5848 0969-9082 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 200205 Culture, Gender, Sexuality 200506 North American Literature 200503 British and Irish Literature |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 950504 Understanding Europes Past 950203 Languages and Literature 950506 Understanding the Past of the Americas |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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| Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
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