The gender of freedom
Subtitle: fictions of liberalism and the literary public sphere
By: Elizabeth Maddock Dillon.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Criticism and interpretation; American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism; Liberty in literature; American literature -- 1783-1850 -- History and criticism; Politics and literature -- United States -- History; Women and literature -- United States -- History; Sentimentalism in literature; Liberalism in literature; Sex role in literature; Marriage in literature; Women in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-303) and index.
Table of contents: title: Gender, liberal theory, and the literary public sphere; title: Puritan bodies and transatlantic texts; title: Contracting marriage in the new republic; title: Sociality and sentiment.