The family, marriage, and radicalism in British women's novels of the 1790s : public affection and private affliction / Jennifer Golightly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Golightly, Jennifer, 1975-

Series:

Transits (Bucknell University)

Transits: literature, thought & culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--18th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

English fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.

Women and literature--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Women and literature.

Families in literature.

Marriage in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Bucknell University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The female radical writers of the 1790s depict women attempting to use institutions such as the family, marriage, and motherhood to achieve social and political reform. Most striking about these novels is their depiction of the failure of these institutions to permit women to succeed in such attempts; these failures reveal a complex critique of the philosophies informing the reformist movement of the 1790s based upon the reformist culture's indifference to female concerns. </

Contents:

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Ch01. CONTEXTS AND SUBTEXTS; Ch02. RENOVATING THE HOUSE; Ch03. DESIRING DOMESTICITY; Ch04. MATERNITY AND THE RE-FORMING OF THE RADICAL FAMILY; Ch05. REFORMED MASCULINITY AND THE REVIVAL OF THE MARRIAGE PLOT; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-35678-3

1-280-65724-3

9786613634177

1-61148-361-1

OCLC:

775873205