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Author Armstrong, Nancy, 1938-

Title Desire and domestic fiction : a political history of the novel / Nancy Armstrong.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.
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 Moore Stacks  PR830.D65 A7 1987    Available  ---
Description x, 300 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-289) and index.
Contents Introduction: The Politics of Domesticating Culture, Then and Now -- Rise of Female Authority in the Novel -- Logic of the Social Contract -- Logic of the Sexual Contract -- Sexual Contract as Narrative Paradigm -- Sexual Contract as Narrative Process -- Rise of the Domestic Woman -- Book of Class Sexuality -- A Country House That is Not a Country House -- Labor That is Not Labor -- Economy That is Not Money -- Power of Feminization -- Rise of the Novel -- Battle of the Books -- Strategies of Self-Production: Pamela -- Self Contained: Emma -- History in the House of Culture -- Rhetoric of Violence: 1819 -- Rhetoric of Disorder: 1832 -- Politics of Domestic Fiction: 1848 -- Figures of Desire: The Brontes -- Seduction and the Scene of Reading -- Woman's Museum: Jane Eyre -- Modern Men: Shirley and the Fuegians -- Modern Women: Dora and Mrs. Brown.
Subject Domestic fiction, English -- History and criticism.
Domestic fiction, English.
English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
English fiction -- Women authors.
Feminist fiction, English -- History and criticism.
Feminist fiction, English.
Psychological fiction -- History and criticism.
Psychological fiction.
Feminism and literature -- Great Britain.
Feminism and literature.
Great Britain.
Literature and society -- Great Britain.
Literature and society.
Women and literature -- Great Britain.
Women and literature.
Femininity in literature.
Femininity in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Desire in literature.
Desire in literature.
Women in literature.
Women in literature.
Home in literature.
Home in literature.
Indexed Term English fiction Special subjects Women
ISBN 0195041798 alkaline paper
9780195041798 alkaline paper
0195061608 paperback
9780195061604 paperback

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