Trollope's Widows Beyond the Stereotypes of Maiden and Wife - Kennedy, John
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Abstract: The widow is a recurrent character type in the novels of Anthony Trollope. Widows are major characters in many of the forty-seven novels. Ordinarily Trollope tends to repeat and to endorse the conventionally-approved patterns of behavior that governed the values of women who expected to marry or who were already married. He approves or disapproves of maidens and wives in his fiction according to their belief in or adherence to the standard female role of wife. However, widows stand outside the nineteenth-century social code that glorified marriage and advocated female submission to…mehr

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Abstract: The widow is a recurrent character type in the novels of Anthony Trollope. Widows are major characters in many of the forty-seven novels. Ordinarily Trollope tends to repeat and to endorse the conventionally-approved patterns of behavior that governed the values of women who expected to marry or who were already married. He approves or disapproves of maidens and wives in his fiction according to their belief in or adherence to the standard female role of wife. However, widows stand outside the nineteenth-century social code that glorified marriage and advocated female submission to the husband. In dealing with widows and widowhood, Trollope is able to examine honestly and thoroughly the social and emotional problems of a mature woman living outside male control, without disturbing his own or his readers' sense of the proprieties. Trollope 's awareness of widows is singular among major nineteenth century novelists and leads him to conclude that the widows' apparent freedom is an illusion. Virtually all of his widows are defeated socially and emotionally by their widowhood and by their sex. This dissertation studies every major widow in the novels, together with others more minor; these widows demonstrate the evolution of Trollope's perception and artistry. His awareness of widows developed chronologically. The earliest widows (1847-58) are little more than background characters; their successors (1859-61) are prominently displayed but incompletely explored. With the next group of widows (1862-64) Trollope begins to show closelyexamined widows in ordinary life. His most sophisticated widows (1864-71) possess money and/or strong obsessions. Trollope's last widows (1873-82) do not develop beyond his earlier revelations. The dissertation is organized chronologically. The Introduction provides a synopsis of existing Trollope criticism. Chapter I surveys the status of middle-class English women in the nineteenth century. Chapter II covers the widows of 1847-58; Chapter III explores those of 1859- 61. The widows of 1862-64 are examined in Chapter IV and the widows of 1864-71 are seen in Chapter V. Chapter VI is concerned with the widows of 1873-82. The Conclusion contains the findings of this study. Dissertation Discovery Company and the University of Florida are dedicated to making scholarly works more discoverable and accessible throughout the world. This dissertation, "Trollope's Widows Beyond the Stereotypes of Maiden and Wife" by John Dorrance Kennedy, was obtained from the University of Florida and is being sold with permission from the author. A free digital copy of this work may also be found in the university's institutional repository, the IR@UF. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation.
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After begging for a job in the music industry, John Kennedy has spent more than 45 years in the music industry. The title of this book 'JUST FOR ONE HOUR' is taken from the day Bob Geldof asked him to give one hour of his time for free. That was nearly 40 years ago and probably 20,000 free hours ago! Including helping to stage Live Aid and co-producing Live 8 and executive producing the Live Aid and Live 8 DVDs.Along the way, Kennedy set up a successful music business legal practice representing many of the top artists songwriters and independent labels of the time.He then went on to be chairman of Polygram films and records before becoming chairman and CEO of the newly created Universal Music UK, the biggest music label in the UK.He then became president and COO of Universal Music International before becoming chairman of the body representing the whole music industry globally.In 1994 he was awarded an OBE by the Queen.In 2006 he was made Chevalier de l' Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government, along with Bob Geldof and Harvey Goldsmith in the same month that all three were given an award as Music Personalities of the Year.For a number of years Kennedy led the ultimately successful campaign to extend the European copyright period for recordings from 50 to 70 years. The extended period is of immense tangible economic benefit to the music industry including both labels and artists.Kennedy continues to work as a consultant in the music industry and has the honour and pleasure of co-managing Richard Ashcroft who was the leading member of The Verve before becoming a successful solo artist. In this memoir John Kennedy mulls that it's been such a great journey - meeting and engaging with real royalty; the Queen, Princess Diana, Prince Charles, Presidents and Prime Ministers, but most importantly of all, music business royalty, and even a Saint, not to mention the occasional sinner. And he hopes the journey is not yet over!