Minor women novelists and their presentation of a feminine ideal, 1744-1800
<p>From the 1740s to 1800 there was a great increase both in the output of novels, and the number of women novelists. At the same time, an idealized view of femininity was prevailing in society. The relationship between these two features of eighteenth-century life helps us to assess the cont...
Main Authors: | Spencer, J, Spencer, Jane |
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Format: | Thesis |
Language: | English |
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1982
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