Ella Hepworth Dixon's Story of a Modern Woman (1894) offers a distinctive opportunity to consider the visual aptitude and activities of Mary Erle. Dixon's story repeatedly presents her heroine's attempts to see the harsh and confusing realities of late-Victorian society, including the changing relationships between men and women, as integral to her urban life. Mary's ongoing observations of men, and especially Vincent Hemming, her ostensible lover, are vital to the development of her visual skills. Dixon's heroine uses her vision—and specifically a photographic mode of viewing—to make visible and expose the decay of late-Victorian masculinity. Her novel, however, does not just portray degenerate, manipulative, and anxious male characters and point toward changing gender expectations for both men and women. Dixon ultimately comments on the very photographic mode of viewing that her work showcases. She empowers her heroine to see the deplorable condition of late-Victorian masculinity, but Mary also learns to recognize the limitations of photographic strategies by noting their artistic manipulations.

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看到现实，使男性气质可见：现代女性故事中摄影视野的局限性

Ella Hepworth Dixon 的《现代女性的故事》（1894 年）提供了一个独特的机会来考虑 Mary Erle 的视觉能力和活动。狄克逊的故事反复展示了她的女主人公试图将维多利亚晚期社会严酷和混乱的现实，包括男女之间不断变化的关系，视为她城市生活不可或缺的一部分。玛丽对男人的持续观察，尤其是她表面上的情人文森特·海明，对她视觉技能的发展至关重要。狄克逊笔下的女主人公利用她的视野——尤其是摄影的观看模式——使维多利亚时代晚期男子气概的衰败变得可见并暴露出来。然而，她的小说不仅描绘了堕落、操纵和焦虑的男性角色，而且还指出了对男性和女性的性别期望不断变化。迪克森最终评论了她的作品所展示的非常摄影的观看方式。她让女主角看到维多利亚时代晚期男子气概的可悲状况，但玛丽也学会了通过注意艺术手法来认识摄影策略的局限性。