Consensual fictions : women, liberalism, and the English novel

Consensual fictions : women, liberalism, and the English novel / Wendy S. Jones.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jones, Wendy S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2005.
Subjects:
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Marriage in literature.
English fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
Feminist fiction, English > History and criticism.
Feminism and literature > Great Britain.
Women and literature > Great Britain.
Consent (Law) > Great Britain.
Married women in literature.
Liberalism in literature.
Women in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • 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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