Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-258) and index.
Contents
Female readers and l'espace du livre: a quiet revolution -- Autobiography and rereading: Manon Roland, 1754-1793 -- Romance as transformative reading: Félicité de Genlis, 1746-1805 -- Project of desire: constructing reader and readings: Isabelle de Charrière, 1740-1805 -- Reading rape in the culture wars of the eighteenth century: Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni, 1713-1792 -- Books, sex, and reading in the fairy tale: Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, 1685-1755, Jeanne Leprince de Beaumont, 1711-1780 -- Periodical print press for women: an enlightenment forum for females.