著者

阪上 敦子 SAKAGAMI Atsuko

出版者

京都

雑誌

Asphodel = アスフォデル (ISSN:02857715)

巻号頁・発行日

no.46, pp.5-24, 2011-07-26

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This paper is a sequel to the thesis in ASPHODEL no.44. In The Female Quixote (1752), Glanville, heroine Arabella's fiance, is defined as a "lover-mentor." However he is always at the mercy of her and can not reform her failed moral vision. As a result, Arabella's cure is fulfilled not by Glanville, but by a learned Doctor who suddenly appears. Although the story has a happy ending, Glanville appears to be a nominal "lover-mentor" whose role as a fiance does not seem significant.The purpose of this paper is to find out Glanville's share in the story and define him as a key person essential to the novel. Most critics discuss Arabella's reform and marriage as disappointing and even tragic; it means the subordination in the patriarchal society. However it can be suggested that Glanville, who highly values and admires Arabella's intellect, is not a typical "lovermentor" only to make her reform. If we look at their marriage in a positive view, he is the ideal person for Arabella to marry. For, by his support, her future will be brighter and much more progressive than the women of the day. Furthermore, Glanville may be, in a sense, "a utopian husband," who Lennox hopes to have. Such a view may reflect her disappointing marriage as well as her dream of a "companionate marriage," which became familiar in the mideighteenth century.