"The novel is important to the history of women's search for a public voice" (Jane Spencer): Discuss this statement in relation to two of the texts you have studied so far on the unit.
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"The novel is important to the history of women's search for a public voice" (Jane Spencer): Discuss this statement in relation to two of the texts you have studied so far on the unit. Shell Woodward The aim of this essay is to discover whether the 18th century novel aided women of that period onwards with their search for a public voice as stated by Jane Spencer. I plan to do this by looking at two of the most influential novels to be written in this period that have women as their main characters. The novels I will look at in depth are Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders and Samuel Richardson's Pamela. I chose these two novels for many reasons but the main ones being that both the heroines are unique and quiet remarkable, particularly for this context. And the fact that men created them. My intentions when choosing to study male authors...

