Populating the Novel by Emily Steinlight;

Author:Emily Steinlight;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc. (Tier 3)

Interlopers

“Give me any name you like,” she said; “I have as much right to one as to another.”

—Wilkie Collins, No Name

To some Victorian writers, the onslaught of trashy fiction described by Oliphant and Mansel was not accidentally related to the female surplus population Greg identified; redundant women were the source of such fiction. Indeed, Greg himself makes this connection, observing that a growing Victorian taste for luxury and entertainment was giving rise to

a large and increasing call for a supply of literary food, such as many well-educated women find themselves fully able to furnish; and if only those who are really competent to this work were to undertake it, it would keep them in ample independence. Novels are now almost as indispensable a portion of the food of English life as beef or beer; and no producers are superior to women, either as to delicate handling or abundant fertility. (“Why” 37)

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