num_pages: 272
description: Memoirs of Emma Courtney is one of the most articulate and detailed expressions of the yearnings and frustrations of a woman living in late eighteenth-century English society. It questions marital arrangements and courtship rituals by depicting a woman who actively pursues the man she loves.In this first fully annotated edition of a key sentimental novel, Hays reveals the lamentable gap between "what women are" and "what women ought to be" by exploring the links between sexaulity and desire, and economic and social freedom.
language: English
title: Memoirs of Emma Courtney
titlecomplete: Memoirs of Emma Courtney
genres: Classics, British Literature, Feminism, Historical, 18th Century, Female Authors, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction, Womens
ratings_count: 490
publisher: Oxford University Press