A Craving Vacancy: Women and Sexual Love in the British Novel, 1740-1880 Contributor(s): Weisser, Susan Ostrov (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814793045 ISBN-13: 9780814793046 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $88.11 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1997 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Feminist - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) - Social Science | Women's Studies |
Dewey: 823.809 |
LCCN: 95053139 |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.85 lbs) 204 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: What is the problem of sexual love? Neither inclusive of all aspects of sexuality nor fully synonomous with the idealized mythos of romantic love, sexual love as desire is marked by the highly charged intersection of sexuality and romantic love; it is a space where gender is imagined and enacted. |
Contributor Bio(s): Weisser, Susan Ostrov: - Susan Ostrov Weisser is Professor of English at Adelphi University and Academic Director of the Bard College Clemente Program in the Humanities in Harlem, New York City. She is co-editor of Feminist Nightmares: Women at Odds and author of A Craving Vacancy: Women and Sexual Love in the British Novel, 1740-1880, also available from NYU Press. |