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Description

x, 300 pages ; 22 cm

Bibliography

Bibliography: pages 261-289.

Note

Includes index.

Contents

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.

Subject

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.

Indexed Term

English fiction Special subjects Women

ISBN

0195041798 alkaline paper

9780195041798 alkaline paper

0195061608 paperback

9780195061604 paperback