Resisting the Marriage Plot: Faith and Female Agency in Austen, Brontë, Gaskell, and Wollstonecraft
In Resisting the Marriage Plot, scholar Dalene Joy Fisher examines how nineteenth-century female novelists used Christian faith to challenge oppressive social norms. Analyzing works by Austen, Brontë, Gaskell, and Wollstonecraft, this insightful literary study demonstrates how deep spiritual conviction empowered women to courageously redefine marriage, moral agency, and personal calling.