tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post4272657836833794265..comments2024-03-19T11:28:58.168-04:00Comments on History Unfolding: Sex and Politics in another timeDavid Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020082243968071584noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-62417734218890110202012-08-12T07:09:45.315-04:002012-08-12T07:09:45.315-04:00Woman's role in society is very interesting in...Woman's role in society is very interesting in terms of generational analysis. I read The Mill on the Floss (1860) and am reading now Tess of The Durbervilles(1893) to My son. I had started reading myself Portrait of A Lady (1882) and Tender is the Night (1934) and will probawbly read them to him. The atmosphere of political and social expectations in these times are so clear when one knows about genearational theory that it really helps to understand literature. 1890s like 1970s with a feel of a clear mandate for women'S rights in a tract like book as in Tess or The Mill on the Floss being repressive to women but not bothered about any change similar to the 1940s or Portrait of A Lady atmosphere seeming to me similar to early 60s you focus so much upon. Unfortunately the schizophrenic wife and dysfuncional life of Fitzgerald'S characters will fit more into our times of hopelessness and social decay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com