Divided Fictions : Fanny Burney and Feminine Strategy

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Today Fanny Burney's venture into authorship would not be questionable. She was, after all, a daughter of a celebrated musician, and the Burney family was know to the circle of Samuel Johnson and Hester Thrale. Yet as Kristina Straub ably shows, the public recognition which followed the publica...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Straub, Kristina, 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1987.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Burney, Fanny, > 1752-1840.
Burney, Fanny, > 1752-1840 > Criticism and interpretation.
Women in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Feminism and literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la litterature.
Femmes dans la litterature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Critical Methods and Historical Contexts; 2. Evelina: Gulphs, Pits, and Precipices; 3. Evelina: Marriage as the Dangerous Die; 4. Evelina: Trivial Pursuits; 5. Cecilia: Love and Work; 6. The Receptive Reader and Other Necessary Fictions; 7. Camilla and The Wanderer: Male Authority and Impotence; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z.

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