S. Weisser

Women and Sexual Love in the British Novel, 1740-1880 (eBook, PDF)

A 'Craving Vacancy'

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Produktbeschreibung

This text explores the ways in which four British novelists used and transformed the theme of women's relation to sexual love in the 18th and 19th centuries. It analyzes the moment in cultural history when gender roles, sexuality and literature met to become a new ideology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 1996
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230377349
• Artikelnr.: 45963162

Autorenporträt

SUSAN OSTROV WEISSER

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: 'Craving Vacancy'
Sexual Meanings and the Problem of Love
Chastity and 'Rumour'd Heavens': 'Woman' and the Double Message of Sexual Love
The Light in the Cavern: Samuel Richardson and Sexual Love
Thornfield and 'The Dream of Repose': Jane Eyre
Down the Forbidden Path: Villette
Wild Desire and Quenchless Will: Wuthering Heights
Sexual Possibilities and Impossibilities: George Eliot and the 'Hidden Wound'
Conclusion
Notes
Index

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Preface: 'Craving Vacancy' - Sexual Meanings and the Problem of Love - Chastity and 'Rumour'd Heavens': 'Woman' and the Double Message of Sexual Love - The Light in the Cavern: Samuel Richardson and Sexual Love - Thornfield and 'The Dream of Repose': Jane Eyre - Down the Forbidden Path: Villette - Wild Desire and Quenchless Will: Wuthering Heights - Sexual Possibilities and Impossibilities: George Eliot and the 'Hidden Wound' - Conclusion - Notes - Index