Consensual fictions
Subtitle: women, liberalism, and the English novel
By: Wendy S. Jones.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Marriage in literature; English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism; English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Feminist fiction, English -- History and criticism; Feminism and literature -- Great Britain; Women and literature -- Great Britain; Consent (Law) -- Great Britain; Married women in literature; Liberalism in literature; Women in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-250) and index.
Table of contents: title: Married love and its consequences; title: Virtuous libertines and liberated virgins : Sir Charles Grandison; title: "No small part of a woman's portion" : love, duty, and society in Persuasion; title: Feminism and contract theory in He knew he was right; title: Margaret Oliphant's women who want too much; title: Liberalism and feminism : the end of the line.