Desire and domestic fiction : a political history of the novel /

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This treatment of the rise of the novel argues that novels written by and for women in 18th- and 19th-century England paved the way for the rise of the modern English middle class.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Armstrong, Nancy, 1938-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1987.
Temas:
Women in literature.
Domestic fiction, English > History and criticism.
English fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
Feminism and literature > Great Britain.
Women and literature > Great Britain.
Sex role in literature.
Home in literature.
Families in literature.
English fiction > History and criticism.
English literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
Roman anglais > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > Grande-Bretagne.
Foyer dans la littérature.
Familles dans la littérature.
Littérature et société > Grande-Bretagne.
Écrits de femmes anglais > Histoire et critique.
Roman familial anglais > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature > Women authors.
English fiction.
Domestic fiction, English.
English fiction > Women authors.
Feminism and literature.
Women and literature.
Great Britain.
English fiction > Special subjects > Women
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Introduction: The Politics of Domesticating Culture, Then and Now
  • 1. The Rise of Female Authority in the Novel
  • The Logic of the Social Contract
  • The Logic of the Sexual Contract
  • The Sexual Contract as Narrative Paradigm
  • The Sexual Contract as Narrative Process
  • 2. The Rise of the Domestic Woman
  • The Book of Class Sexuality
  • A Country House That is Not a Country House
  • Labor That is Not Labor
  • Economy That is Not Money
  • The Power of Feminization
  • 3. The Rise of the Novel
  • The Battle of the Books
  • Stratagies of Self-Production: Pamela
  • The Self Contained: Emma
  • 4. History in the House of Culture
  • The Rhetoric of Violence: 1819
  • The Rhetoric of Disorder: 1832
  • The Politics of Domestic Fiction: 1848
  • Figures of Desire: The Brontes
  • 5. Seduction and the Scene of Reading
  • The Women's Museum: Jane Eyre
  • Modern Men: Shirley and the Fuegians
  • Modern Women: Dora and Mrs. Brown
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Last Page.

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