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Our coquettes capacious desire in the eighteenth century

Title
Our coquettes [electronic resource] : capacious desire in the eighteenth century / Theresa Braunschneider.
Author
Braunschneider, Theresa, 1971-
Publication
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.

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Description
1 online resource (ix, 189 p.)
Series Statement
Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies
Uniform Title
Our coquettes (Online)
Alternative Title
Our coquettes (Online)
Subject
  • English literature > 18th century > History and criticism
  • Young women in literature
  • Flirting in literature
  • Social interaction in literature
  • Man-woman relationships in literature
  • Consumption (Economics) in literature
  • Consumption (Economics) > Great Britain > History > 18th century
  • Young women > Great Britain > Social life and customs > 18th century
  • Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 18th century
Note
  • "Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies"--P. facing t.p.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-183) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
A prelude: the novelty of coquetry -- The people that things make: coquettes and consumer culture -- The coquette here and there: a cartography of coquetry -- Women who choose too much: reforming the coquette -- A postlude: the coquette's demise.
LCCN
2008038356
OCLC
ssj0000566816
Author
Braunschneider, Theresa, 1971-
Title
Our coquettes [electronic resource] : capacious desire in the eighteenth century / Theresa Braunschneider.
Imprint
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.
Series
Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-183) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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