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Descripción

x, 300 pages ; 22 cm

Bibliografía

Bibliography: pages 261-289.

Nota

Includes index.

Contenido

Introduction: The Politics of Domesticating Culture, Then and Now -- The Rise of Female Authority in the Novel -- The Logic of the Social Contract -- The Logic of the Sexual Contract -- The Sexual Contract as Narrative Paradigm -- The Sexual Contract as Narrative Process -- The Rise of the Domestic Woman -- The Book of Class Sexuality -- A Country House That is Not a Country House -- Labor That is Not Labor -- Economy That is Not Money -- The Power of Feminization -- The Rise of the Novel -- The Battle of the Books -- Strategies of Self-Production: Pamela -- The Self Contained: Emma -- History in the House of Culture -- The Rhetoric of Violence: 1819 -- The Rhetoric of Disorder: 1832 -- The Politics of Domestic Fiction: 1848 -- Figures of Desire: The Brontes -- Seduction and the Scene of Reading -- The Woman's Museum: Jane Eyre -- Modern Men: Shirley and the Fuegians -- Modern Women: Dora and Mrs. Brown.

Url

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0636/86016482-d.html

Materia

Domestic fiction, English -- History and criticism.

English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.

Feminist fiction, English -- History and criticism.

Psychological fiction -- History and criticism.

Feminism and literature -- Great Britain.

Literature and society -- Great Britain.

Women and literature -- Great Britain.

Femininity in literature.

Sex role in literature.

Desire in literature.

Women in literature.

Home in literature.

ISBN

0195041798 alkaline paper

9780195041798 alkaline paper

0195061608 paperback

9780195061604 paperback