Force or fraud : British seduction stories and the problem of resistance, 1660-1760 / Toni Bowers.

This text tells the story of how rape and seduction came to be distinguished according to measures of women's resistance and consent in low-brow 'amatory' writing, by writers such as Aphra Behn, Delarivier Manley, Eliza Haywood, and Samuel Richardson.

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Main Author:	Bowers, Toni
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, U.K. ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:	English fiction > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism. English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism. Seduction in literature. Women in literature. Authority in literature. Literature and morals > History > 17th century. Literature and morals > History > 18th century.

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Call Number:	PR448.S34 B69 2011
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Force or fraud : British seduction stories and the problem of resistance, 1660-1760 / Toni Bowers.

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