Consensual fictions : women, liberalism, and the English novel /
Jones, Wendy S.
Toronto ; London : University of Toronto Press,
c2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-250) and index.
Married love and its consequences -- Virtuous libertines and liberated virgins : Sir Charles Grandison -- "No small part of a woman's portion" : love, duty, and society in Persuasion -- Feminism and contract theory in He knew he was right -- Margaret Oliphant's women who want too much -- Liberalism and feminism : the end of the line.
English fiction
Marriage in literature.
English fiction
English fiction
Feminist fiction, English
Feminism and literature
Women and literature
Consent (Law)
Married women in literature.
Liberalism in literature.
Women in literature.