Consensual fictions : women, liberalism, and the English novel /

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"In eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England, consensual marriages became increasingly popular, according women a 'contractual subjectivity' in which the liberal ideal of individual choice was key. Representations of consensual marriage thus provide a firm grounding for the reevalua...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Jones, Wendy S. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2005]
Sujets:
1700-1899
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Liberalism in literature.
Marriage in literature.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Libéralisme dans la littérature.
Mariage dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Married love and its consequences
  • Virtuous libertines and liberated virgins : Sir Charles Grandison
  • "No small part of a woman's portion" : love, duty, and society in Persuasion
  • Feminism and contract theory in He knew he was right
  • Margaret Oliphant's women who want too much
  • Liberalism and feminism : the end of the line.

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