SOURCE: "Woman's Influence," in Studies in the Novel, Vol. XI, No. 1, Spring, 1979, pp. 3-22.
In the essay that follows, Backscheider examines some methods of influencing other people, particularly men, and bringing about change that female authors of early novels gave to their female characters.
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