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Consensual fictions : women, liberalism, and the English novel
- Title
- Consensual fictions : women, liberalism, and the English novel / Wendy S. Jones.
- Author
- Jones, Wendy S.
- Publication
- Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2005.
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Details
- Description
- x, 255 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England, consensual marriages became increasingly popular, according women a 'contractual subjectivity' in which the liberal ideal of individual choice was key. Representations of consensual marriage thus provide a firm grounding for the reevaluation of women's place within society. Because this new progressive form of marriage was based on emotion rather than considerations of status or money, it challenged the hierarchical status quo of English society that the traditional patriarchal marriage had upheld." "In Consensual Fictions, Wendy S. Jones focuses on the English novel of the period to explore the relationship between married love, classic liberal thought, and novelistic form. Jones argues that these works of fiction use the multiplot form to explore the specific set of cultural problems associated with the ways in which liberalism reconceived marriage, love, and gender by exploring alternative resolutions to cultural problems through different narrative lines."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Austen, Jane
- Richardson, Samuel
- Trollope, Anthony
- Oliphant, Margaret
- 1700-1899
- Geschichte 1800-1900
- English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism
- Marriage in literature
- English fiction > Women authors > History and criticism
- English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism
- Feminist fiction, English > History and criticism
- Feminism and literature > Great Britain
- Women and literature > Great Britain
- Consent (Law) > Great Britain
- Married women in literature
- Liberalism in literature
- Women in literature
- 18.05 English literature
- Consent (Law)
- English fiction
- English fiction > Women authors
- Feminism and literature
- Feminist fiction, English
- Women and literature
- Liberalismus Motiv
- Ehe Motiv
- Engels
- Romans
- Vrouwen
- Liberalisme
- Frauenemanzipation > Motiv > Roman > englischer
- Ehe > Motiv > Roman > englischer
- Roman > englischer > Motiv > Frauenemanzipation
- Roman > englischer > Motiv > Ehe
- Roman
- Great Britain
- Englisch
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-250) and index.
- Contents
- Married love and its consequences -- Virtuous libertines and liberated virgins : Sir Charles Grandison -- "No small part of a woman's portion" : love, duty, and society in Persuasion -- Feminism and contract theory in He knew he was right -- Margaret Oliphant's women who want too much -- Liberalism and feminism : the end of the line.
- ISBN
- 0802087175
- 9780802087171
- LCCN
- 2005278883
- OCLC
- ocm56877087
- 56877087
- SCSB-14512811
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library