Kathryn Ambrose, Ph.D. (2010), Keele University, is an independent scholar. She has published articles and given papers on English, German and Russian literature, including “Turgenev’s Representation of the New People” (Rodopi, 2010).

• ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Brontë or Bell? Identity as Barrier in the Works of Charlotte and Emily BrontëChapter 2: George Eliot and the “Superfluous Woman”: A Subtle Means of Protest?Chapter 3: Women in Theodor Storm: The Opposition of Conformity and OthernessChapter 4: From Sleeping Beauty to Career Woman: The Development of Women’s Roles in Theodor FontaneChapter 5: Turgenev and the Woman Question: Layering BarriersChapter 6: Tolstoy, Women and Barriers: Inflexible ClosednessConclusionBibliography

Kathryn Ambrose, Ph.D. (2010), Keele University, is an independent scholar. She has published articles and given papers on English, German and Russian literature, including “Turgenev’s Representation of the New People” (Rodopi, 2010).

• ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Brontë or Bell? Identity as Barrier in the Works of Charlotte and Emily BrontëChapter 2: George Eliot and the “Superfluous Woman”: A Subtle Means of Protest?Chapter 3: Women in Theodor Storm: The Opposition of Conformity and OthernessChapter 4: From Sleeping Beauty to Career Woman: The Development of Women’s Roles in Theodor FontaneChapter 5: Turgenev and the Woman Question: Layering BarriersChapter 6: Tolstoy, Women and Barriers: Inflexible ClosednessConclusionBibliography

Kathryn Ambrose, Ph.D. (2010), Keele University, is an independent scholar. She has published articles and given papers on English, German and Russian literature, including “Turgenev’s Representation of the New People” (Rodopi, 2010).

• ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Brontë or Bell? Identity as Barrier in the Works of Charlotte and Emily BrontëChapter 2: George Eliot and the “Superfluous Woman”: A Subtle Means of Protest?Chapter 3: Women in Theodor Storm: The Opposition of Conformity and OthernessChapter 4: From Sleeping Beauty to Career Woman: The Development of Women’s Roles in Theodor FontaneChapter 5: Turgenev and the Woman Question: Layering BarriersChapter 6: Tolstoy, Women and Barriers: Inflexible ClosednessConclusionBibliography