To Kiss the Chastening Rod : Domestic Fiction and Sexual Ideology in the American Renaissance

To Kiss the Chastening Rod : Domestic Fiction and Sexual Ideology in the American Renaissance / G.M. Goshgarian.

Examining ideas about masturbation, female sexuality, the family, and post-Calvinist religion that shaped the readership of popular woman's fiction, To Kiss the Chastening Rod shows that passionlessness was the privileged theme of a pervasive discourse which sought to exert social control throu...

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Main Author: Goshgarian, G. M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
1800-1899
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Domestic fiction, American > History and criticism.
Families in literature.
Incest in literature.
Sex in literature.
Women and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
HISTORY > United States > General.
American literature > Women authors
American fiction
American fiction > Women authors
Domestic fiction, American
Families in literature
Incest in literature
Sex in literature
Women and literature
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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