Description |
x, 275 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-259) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: did Jane Austen really mean that? -- Bejeweling the clandestine body/bawdy: the miniature spaces of Sense and sensibility -- The anxieties and "felicities of rapid motion": animated ideologies in Pride and prejudice -- Fashioning the body: cross-dressing, dressing, undressing, and dressage in Northanger Abbey -- Making and improving: fallen women, masquerades, and erotic humor in Mansfield Park -- "Praying to Cupid for a cure": venereal disease, prostitution, and the marriage market in Emma -- "Unbecoming conjunctions": bawdy mourning and the female gaze in Persuasion. |
Subject |
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Human body in literature.
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Human body in literature. |
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Humorous stories, English -- History and criticism.
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Humorous stories, English. |
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Romance fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Romance fiction, English. |
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Humor.
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Genre/Form |
Humor.
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Subject |
Sex in literature.
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Sex in literature. |
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Seks. |
Genre/Form |
Humor.
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ISBN |
1403964106 alkaline paper |
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9781403964106 alkaline paper |
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