Bosom Friends and the Sapphic Breasts of Belinda
This article examines Maria Edgeworth’s 1801 novel Belinda in order to argue that the breast at the center of Lady Delacour’s narrative signifies not maternal failure but Sapphic feelings and connections. While previous studies of the novel have discussed the wounded breast of Lady Delacour as a pun...
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| Language: | English |
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Aphra Behn Society
2013-11-01
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| Series: | ABO : Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts 1640-1830 |
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| Online Access: | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/abo/vol3/iss2/1 |