| Memoirs of Emma Courtney Contributor(s): Hays, Mary (Author), Brooks, Marilyn L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1551111551 ISBN-13: 9781551111551 Publisher: Broadview Press Inc OUR PRICE: $30.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00269487 |
| Series: Broadview Literary Texts |
| Physical Information: 340 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Memoirs of Emma Courtney is one of the most articulate and detailed expressions of the yearnings and frustrations of a woman living in late eighteenth-century English society. It questions marital arrangements and courtship rituals by depicting a woman who actively pursues the man she loves. In this first fully annotated edition of a key sentimental novel, Hays reveals the lamentable gap between "what women are" and "what women ought to be" by exploring the links between sexaulity and desire, and economic and social freedom. |