Enlightened virginity in eighteenth-century literature /

"Enlightened Virginity in Eighteenth-Century Literature" analyzes the history of the English virgin at the height of her celebrity. In so doing, it presents new arguments about the early English novel and its relationship to science, religion, and feminist theory.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harol, Corrinne (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
1700-1799
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Virginity in literature.
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Virginité dans la littérature.
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers.
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800.
Gender studies, gender groups.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Literature.
English literature
Virginity in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Virginity and Patrilinear Legitimacy
  • Blessed Virgins: Anti-Catholic Propaganda and Convent Fantasies
  • The Hymen and Its Discontents: Medical Discourses on Virginity
  • Hymen Humor: Ballads and the Matter of Virginity
  • Virgin Idols and Verbal Devices: Pope's Belinda and the Virgin Mary
  • Faking It: Virtue, Satire, and Pamela's Virginity
  • Novel Virgins: Libertine and Literary Pleasures in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
  • Conclusion: Clarissa's Exceptional Infertility.

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