Our coquettes : capacious desire in the eighteenth century

Our coquettes : capacious desire in the eighteenth century / Theresa Braunschneider.

Before 1660, English readers and theatergoers had never heard of a "coquette"; by the early 1700s, they could hardly watch a play, read a poem, or peruse a newspaper without encountering one. Our coquettes emphasizes what is strange and surprising about this figure, revealing the coquette...

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Main Author:	Braunschneider, Theresa, 1971-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.
Series:	Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies.
Subjects:	1700-1799 English literature > 18th century > History and criticism. Young women in literature. Flirting in literature. Social interaction in literature. Man-woman relationships in literature. Consumption (Economics) in literature. Consumption (Economics) > Great Britain > History > 18th century. Young women > Great Britain > Social life and customs > 18th century. Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 18th century. LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Consumption (Economics) Consumption (Economics) in literature English literature Flirting in literature Literature and society Man-woman relationships in literature Social interaction in literature Young women in literature Young women > Social life and customs Junge Frau > Motiv Literatur Great Britain Englisch. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
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