Argues that tropes of eroticized domination in sentimental literature must be recognized for what they were: a double-edged sword of both oppression and empowerment. This book explores the cultural forces that created this ideology of desire, particularly Protestant discourses relating suffering to love and middle-class discourses of womanhood.
- ISBN:
- 9780691009377
- 9780691009377
-
Category:
- Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
-
24-04-2000
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 240
- Dimensions (mm):
- 254x197x15mm
- Weight:
- 0.4kg
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