scholarly journals Framed: the new woman criminal in British culture at the fin de siecle

2009 ◽  
Vol 46 (09) ◽  
pp. 46-4886-46-4886
Keyword(s):  
New Woman ◽  
Fin De Siecle ◽  
Fin De Siècle ◽  
The New Woman ◽  
British Culture

First Life—and then Fame

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew L. Reznicek
Keyword(s):  
New Woman ◽  
Fin De Siecle ◽  
Fin De Siècle ◽  
The New Woman

Katherine Cecil Thurston’s 1910 novel, Max, explores the bohemian Paris of the fin-de-siècle through the eyes of a young artist newly arrived from Russia. This young man is, however, actually a young princess in disguise, trying to escape an abusive marriage. Through the use of disguise and the New Woman figure of the female-to-male transvestite, this novel represents Paris through two competing genres: the masculine adventure narrative and the female romance.

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