| Refiguring the Coquette: Essays on Culture and Coquetry Contributor(s): King, Shelley (Editor), Schlick, Yaël (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1611483069 ISBN-13: 9781611483062 Publisher: Bucknell University Press OUR PRICE: $101.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Collections | Essays - Social Science | Reference |
| Dewey: 820.935 |
| Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Cultur |
| Physical Information: 228 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a collection of nine original essays selected and edited with a twofold aim: to establish the parameters of coquetry as it was defined and represented in the long eighteenth century, and to reconsider this traditional figure in light of recent work in cultural and gender studies. The essays provide analyses of lesser-known works, examine the depiction of the coquette in popular culture, explore the importance of coquetry as a contemporary term applicable to men as well as women, and amplify current theorization of the coquette. By bringing together the diverse contexts and genres in which the figure of the coquette is articulated - drama, art, fiction, life-writing - Refiguring the Coquette offers alternative perspectives on this central figure in eighteenth-century culture. |