2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Eliza Meteyard, the Nineteenth Century British Woman Journalist and Early Investigative Writer
| Project/Area Number |
19K13116
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 02030:English literature and literature in the English language-related
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| Research Institution | Nihon University |
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Principal Investigator |
KANDA Tomoko 日本大学, 文理学部, 教授 (40328654)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | ヴィクトリア朝 / 社会問題小説 / ジャーナリズム / イライザ・ミーティヤード / ユニテリアン急進派 / 19世紀英文学 / 大衆向上雑誌 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In mid-19th century British society, there was a strong prejudice against women who showed interest in politics and economics. However, a woman journalist, Eliza Meteyard (1816-79) pursued her writing career with thorough research, despite her severe hearing difficulty. The purpose of this study was to find out what made it possible. Her access to libraries in London, where she could consult political and economic works regardless of gender, which was exceptional for libraries of the time, her network of Unitarian radicals, and the journals of popular progress published by these radicals were indispensable to her writing activities.
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| Free Research Field |
人文学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究は、イライザ・ミーティヤードを出版文化史・文学史に位置付け、他の英国19世紀女性作家研究に波及させるとともに、ジャーナリズム研究の一角としての社会的意義を持つものである。また、ミーティヤードを一例として男性優位の社会において女性ジャーナリストが取材に利用しえた人脈や情報源をたどることによって、ヴィクトリア朝の出版文化研究に役立つと同時に、時事問題を扱った彼女の小説は、ノン・フィクション小説の先駆的作品でもあるため、ノン・フィクション小説の歴史的研究を促すものでもある。
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