| Description |
xii, 363 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-347) and index. |
| Contents |
Faith, love, and the art of the novel : "The Feather Plucked from Cupid's Wing" -- The fortunate fall : Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" (1813) -- Fatal love and eroticizing history : Walter Scott's "The Bride of Lammermoor (1819)" -- The passionate calling : Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights" (1847) -- Faithful repression and erotic enchantment : Charlotte Bronte's "Villette" (1853) -- The fixation of love : Charles Dickens's "Great Expectations" (1860-61) -- In love with moistness : George Eliot's "The Mill on the Floss" (1860) -- The mirror of desire : Anthony Trollope's "Phineas Finn/Phineas Redux" (1869-74) -- Pastoral Erotics : Thomas Hardy's "Far from the Madding Crowd" (1874) -- Tristen is sold : the Joyce of love and the language of flow(er)s (1904-39) -- The prophet of love and the resurrection of the body : D. H. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover" (1928) -- Epilogue : the art of love and love among the ruins. |
| Subject |
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Romance fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Romance fiction, English. |
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English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Love in literature.
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Love in literature. |
| Indexed Term |
English fiction Special subjects Love |
| ISBN |
0226673227 alkaline paper |
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