Virtue's faults
Subtitle: correspondences in eighteenth-century British and French women's fiction
By: April Alliston.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Epistolary fiction, English -- History and criticism; Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism; French fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism; English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism; French fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Women and literature -- France -- History -- 18th century; Epistolary fiction, French -- History and criticism; Literature, Comparative -- French and English; Literature, Comparative -- English and French; Letter writing in literature; Letters in literature
Description: This study focuses on fiction written by women in the eighteenth century to demonstrate how authors of the period implicitly examined and resisted patrilineal models of relationship, including the notions of literary tradition and of women's place in the family and the domestic sphere.

The author's analysis of fiction from Lafayette to Austen argues that the concept of "correspondence," as exemplified in epistolary fiction, leads to a deeper understanding of the connections among French and English women's works of the period.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.