Courting Disaster : Reading Between the Lines of the Regency Novel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGee, Zoë.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Drawing parallels with the #MeToo movement, this book explores how a series of brilliant female authors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries cleverly used the novel as a vehicle for ground-breaking discussions about consent.

Contents:

Front Matter / Zoe McGee

Dedication / Zoe McGee

Contents / Zoe McGee

Introduction / Zoe McGee

I Consent / Zoe McGee

1 Clarissa, or The Perfect Victim Myth / Zoe McGee

2 Cecilia, or Credit and Credibility / Zoe McGee

3 Jane Doe, or Misreading the Room / Zoe McGee

II Innocence / Zoe McGee

4 Ophelia, or Resisting the Unknown / Zoe McGee

5 Camilla and Eugenia, or What You Dont Know Can Hurt You / Zoe McGee

6 Evelina, or The Value of Virginity / Zoe McGee

III Violence / Zoe McGee

7 Anon. , or The Context of the Courtroom / Zoe McGee

8 Mary, or Violating Convention / Zoe McGee

9 Theodora and Dorothea, or The Bystander Effect / Zoe McGee

IV Marriage / Zoe McGee

10 Elinor, or Honouring Engagements / Zoe McGee

11 Fanny, or The Price of Refusal / Zoe McGee

12 Anne, or Negotiating the Future / Zoe McGee

Conclusion / Zoe McGee

Appendix / Zoe McGee

Acknowledgements / Zoe McGee

Notes / Zoe McGee

Bibliography / Zoe McGee

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: McGee, Zoë Courting Disaster

ISBN:

9781526188861

9781526188847

OCLC:

1545081556