SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: George Egerton

»Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright (born Mary Elizabeth Annie Dunne; 14 December 1859 – 12 August 1945), better known by her pen name George Egerton (pronounced Edg'er-ton), was a writer of short stories, novels, plays and translations, noted for her psychological probing, innovative narrative techniques, and outspokenness about women's need for freedom, including sexual freedom. Egerton is widely considered to be one of the most important writers in the late nineteenth century New Woman movement, and a key exponent of early modernism in English-language literature. Born in Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, she spent her childhood in Ireland, where she settled for a time, and considered herself to be "intensely Irish".« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

"Virgin Soil"

I n f o r m a t i o n

»Virgin Soil is a short story written by Mary Chavelita Dunne under her pseudonym George Egerton. This story was published as part of a series of short stories in a book called Discords. Discords was published in 1894 by Roberts Brothers in Boston, Massachusetts.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 19^th Century

II. Geographical Index: European History: Irish History

III. Topical Index: Types: Offenders / Victims: Marital Rape | Representations: Literary Texts: Short Stories

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Nelson, Heather L. The Law and the Lady: Consent and Marriage in Nineteenth-Century British Literature Ph.D. Thesis, Purdue University, 2015.

[Info] Nelson, Heather. »'Nothing That She Could Allege Against Him in Judicious or Judicial Ears': 'Consensual' Marital Abuse in Victorian Literature.« George Eliot-George Henry Lewes Studies 69 (2017): 89-119.

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Nelson, Heather. »Writing Literature as Collecting Evidence: George Egerton, Consent, and the Marital Rape Exemption.« 34^th Annual 18th- and 19th-Century British Women Writers Conference. Auburn 2026.