| Fictions of Female Adultery 1684-1890: Theories and Circumtexts 2002 Edition Contributor(s): Overton, B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333770803 ISBN-13: 9780333770801 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2002 Annotation: Women's adultery provides many of the plots that run through 19th century European fiction. This book discusses how novels of adultery have been theorized, argues its own theoretical perspective, and analyzes two 'circumtexts' of the fiction of female adultery: its pre-history in 18th century Britain, and its decline during the Naturalist period in France. It is the first dedicated study of the theory of the novel of adultery, and of the representation of adultery in earlier British and later 19th century French fiction. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Eastern European (see Also Russian & Former Soviet Union) - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Literary Criticism | European - General |
| Dewey: 823.009 |
| LCCN: 2002072306 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.3" W x 8.32" (1.26 lbs) 284 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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| Publisher Description: Women's adultery provides many of the plots that run through nineteenth-century European fiction. This book discusses how novels of adultery have been theorized, argues its own theoretical perspective, and analyzes two 'circumtexts' of the fiction of female adultery: its pre-history in eighteenth-century Britain, and its decline during the Naturalist period in France. It is the first dedicated study of the theory of the novel of adultery, and of the representation of adultery in earlier British and later nineteenth-century French fiction. |