Outward appearances
Subtitle: the female exterior in Restoration London
By: Will Pritchard.
Series: The Bucknell studies in eighteenth-century literature and culture
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lewisburg
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780838756881
Subjects: English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism; Women in literature; Women -- Physiology; Public spaces in literature; Men -- Attitudes -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century; Women -- Public opionion -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century; Femininity in literature; Body image in literature; London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 17th century
Notes: A cultural study of how men in Restoration London, view women through their outward physical appearances and through their increased appearances in public places. Based on literary and non-literary texts from the years 1650-1700.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: outward appearances; title: The problem of female legibility; title: The promise of female legibility; title: The playhouse; title: The park; title: The new exchange.