Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, printed single-sided, grade: 6.0, University of Basel, language: English, comment: 6 = Highest Achievable Grade in Switzerland, abstract: King Solomon's Mines was written at a time when Victorian society was confronted with a long-term cultural shift that took place towards the fin de siecle. Women's rights movements had emerged since the 1860's. Their demands focused on extending their role in Victorian society and hence threatened the patriarchal establishment. In this milieu, male writers...