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 (!)

4. Cover from an 2002
issue of Punch

5. Cover from an 1886
issue of Punch

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?
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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
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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
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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…

21. The comic Don
Quixote, ready to
attack the that which
will not yield….
On the blades are
written the words
??? laws.

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.

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—

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….

34. There are books
here, identified as…
Revolt of [the]
Daughters, Dodd,
and Yellow…

41. There are books
here, identified as…
Revolt of [the]
Daughters, Dodd, an
d Yellow…
Yellow
Aster, I think.

42. Here we have Tyrant
Man…
Isn’t this the typical
portrayal of the Don
of La Mancha?
His staring eyes…
His elaborate facial
hair…

43. Or perhaps it
connects to this and
it’s Hendrik Ibsen.

45. Or perhaps it
connects to this and
it’s Hendrik Ibsen.
We have an Ibsen
volume here and a
work by Mona Caird,
early Scottish
feminist novelist.

46. One last thing:
Our New Woman
stands on a volume
of Tolstoy…

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?