Molly Youngkin takes on a major literary problem of the turn-of-the-century: Was the transition from the Victorian novel to the modern novel enabled by antirealist or realist narrative strategies? To answer this question, Youngkin analyzes book reviews that appeared in two prominent Feminist periodicals circulated during the Late-Victorian era-- Shafts and The Woman\'s Herald .
Through reviews of the works of important male and female authors of the decade--Thomas Har.
Molly Youngkin takes on a major literary problem of the turn-of-the-century: Was the transition from the Victorian novel to the modern novel enabled by antirealist or realist narrative strategies? To answer this question, Youngkin analyzes book reviews that appeared in two prominent Feminist periodicals circulated during the Late-Victorian era-- Shafts and The Woman\'s Herald