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Donna Quixote
1. Donna A Contemporary
Quixote
Critique of the
New Woman
2. Donna Quixote A Contemporary Critique
of the New Woman
● Cartoon and poem appears in Punch in 1894
3. Donna Quixote A Contemporary Critique
of the New Woman
● Cartoon and poem appears in Punch in 1894
- British magazine of low-brow satire humor published
- “Punch, or the London Chiavari”
- Published in UK from 1841 to 2002 (!)
6. Donna Quixote A Contemporary Critique
of the New Woman
● Cartoon and poem appears in Punch in 1894
- British magazine of low-brow satire humor published
- “Punch, or the London Chiavari”
- Published in UK from 1841 to 2002 (!)
● Both poke fun at the New Woman
7. Donna Quixote A Contemporary Critique
of the New Woman
● Cartoon and poem appears in Punch in 1894
- British magazine of low-brow satire humor published
- “Punch, or the London Chiavari”
- Published in UK from 1841 to 2002 (!)
● Both poke fun at the New Woman
● Harshly critical of the New Woman
movement and the “Suffragettes”
8. Donna Quixote A Contemporary Critique
of the New Woman
The Poem: Donna Quixote
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9. Donna Quixote A Contemporary Critique
of the New Woman
The Poem: Donna Quixote
● Not attributed to any particular author (?)
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10. Donna Quixote A Contemporary Critique
of the New Woman
The Poem: Donna Quixote
● Not attributed to any particular author (?)
● Has superscripted indexes, but no notes?
* No extra charge.
11. Donna Quixote A Contemporary Critique
of the New Woman
The Poem: Donna Quixote
● Not attributed to any particular author (?)
● Has superscripted indexes, but no notes?
● Bartlett’s Guide to Reading provided*
* No extra charge.
12. Donna Quixote A Contemporary Critique
of the New Woman
The Poem: Donna Quixote
● Not attributed to any particular author (?)
● Has superscripted indexes, but no notes?
● Bartlett’s Guide to Reading provided*
● cf: New Woman to Cervantes’ Don Quixote
* No extra charge.
13. Donna Quixote A Contemporary Critique
of the New Woman
The Poem: Donna Quixote
● Not attributed to any particular author (?)
● Has superscripted indexes, but no notes?
● Bartlett’s Guide to Reading provided*
● cf: New Woman to Cervantes’ Don Quixote
● Contains multiple references to Ibsen plays
* No extra charge.
14. Donna Quixote A Contemporary Critique
of the New Woman
The Poem: Donna Quixote
● Not attributed to any particular author (?)
● Has superscripted indexes, but no notes?
● Bartlett’s Guide to Reading provided*
● cf: New Woman to Cervantes’ Don Quixote
● Contains multiple references to Ibsen plays
● Dismisses the New Woman as ill-inspired
* No extra charge.
15. Donna Quixote A Contemporary Critique
of the New Woman
The Cartoon: Donna Quixote
16. Donna Quixote A Contemporary Critique
of the New Woman
The Cartoon: Donna Quixote
● Page 228 in the Nelson Text…
17. Donna Quixote A Contemporary Critique
of the New Woman
The Cartoon: Donna Quixote
● Page 228 in the Nelson Text…
● Incorporates connections to the
poem and its literary referents
18. Donna Quixote A Contemporary Critique
of the New Woman
The Cartoon: Donna Quixote
● Page 228 in the Nelson Text…
● Incorporates connections to the
poem and its literary referents
● Primary Imagery
-- The Latchkey: Freedom!
-- The Book: Knowledge!
-- The Glasses: Flawed!
19. Donna Quixote A Contemporary Critique
of the New Woman
The Cartoon: Donna Quixote
● Page 228 in the Nelson Text…
● Incorporates connections to the
poem and its literary referents
● Primary Imagery
-- The Latchkey: Freedom!
-- The Book: Knowledge!
-- The Glasses: Flawed!
● Let’s use an expanded version to
see the secondary imagery…
20.
21. The comic Don
Quixote, ready to
attack the that which
will not yield….
On the blades are
written the words
??? laws.
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27. The comic Don
Quixote, ready to
attack the that which
will not yield….
On the blade is
written the word
laws.
Behind him, Sancha
holds the standard, a
pair of pants marked
divided skirt.
28.
29. The comic Don
Quixote, ready to
attack the that which
will not yield….
On the blade is
written the word
laws.
Behind him, Sancha
holds the standard, a
pair of pants marked
divided skirt.
30. The New Woman
battles Mrs.
Cerebrus.
The heads are
labeled Mrs. Grundy,
Momma, and
Chaperone—
31.
32. The New Woman
battles Mrs.
Cerebrus.
The heads are
labeled Mrs. Grundy,
Momma, and
Chaperone—
A depiction and
traditional roles for
women.
33. Here we have a
young woman, ready
to serve the Crown…
Her sash is labeled
volunteer….
48. One last thing:
Our New Woman
stands on a volume
of Tolstoy…
Anna Karenina
(1877) perhaps?
49. Donna Quixote A Contemporary Critique
of the New Woman
● Contemporary—and quite literate—fun-having
with the newly asserted New Woman
50. Donna Quixote A Contemporary Critique
of the New Woman
● Contemporary—and quite literate—fun-having
with the newly asserted New Woman
Discussion Questions
51. Donna Quixote A Contemporary Critique
of the New Woman
● Contemporary—and quite literate—fun-having
with the newly asserted New Woman
Discussion Questions
● Could a woman have written the poem in an
effort to create a strawman?
52. Donna Quixote A Contemporary Critique
of the New Woman
● Contemporary—and quite literate—fun-having
with the newly asserted New Woman
Discussion Questions
● Could a woman have written the poem in an
effort to create a strawman?
● What does the cartoon suggest about the value
of education in forwarding the New Woman?
53. Donna A Contemporary
Quixote
Critique of the
New Woman
Questions and Comments?
