Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York Oxford University Press 1992 Hard cover Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 232 p. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 91043583 Type of material Book Personal name Ballaster, Rosalind. Main title Seductive forms: women's amatory fiction from 1684-1740 / Ros Ballaster. Published/Created Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Description 232 p.; 23 cm. ISBN 0198112440 LC classification PR858. W6 B34 1992 LC Subjects Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689--Fictional works. Manley, Delarivier, -1724--Fictional works. Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693? -1756--Criticism and interpretation. English fiction--Women authors--History and criticism. Women and literature--Great Britain--History--18th century. Women and literature--Great Britain--History--17th century. Erotic stories, English--History and criticism. Fiction--Authorship--Sex differences. Literary form--History--18th century. Literary form--History--17th century. Seduction in literature. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-225) and index. Dewey class no. 823/.085099287/09032 Geographic area code e-uk---

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[Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1992]

Oxford : Clarendon Press, Date: 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 232 pages; 20cm. Notes: Originally published: 1992.Includes bibliography (p. [212]-225) and index. Contents: Introduction -- I. GENDER AND GENRE -- 1. The Rise of the Novel: Gender and Genre in Theories of Prose Fiction -- 2. Observing the Forms: Amatory Fiction and the Construction of a Female Reader -- II. WOMEN WRITERS -- 3. 'A Devil on't, the Woman Damns the Poet': Aphra Behn's Fictions of Feminine Identity -- 4. 'A Genius for Love': Sex as Politics in Delarivier Manley's Scandal Fiction -- 5. 'Preparatives to Love': Fiction as Seduction in Eliza Hay wood's Amatory Prose -- Conclusion: The Decline of Amatory Fiction: Re(de)fining the Female Form -- Bibliography.Subjects: Behn, Aphra 1640-1689 Fictional works.Manley Mrs. (Mary de la Rivière) 1663-1724 Fictional works. Haywood, Eliza Fowler 1693?-1756 Criticism and interpretation.Behn, Aphra 1640-1689 Criticism and interpretation.Manley, Delarivier Criticism and interpretation. Haywood, Eliza 1693?-1756 Criticism and interpretation. Manley Mrs. 1663-1724 Criticism and interpretation. Behn, Aphra.Aphra 1640-1689 Criticism and interpretation. Haywood, Eliza.Eliza 1693?-1756 Criticism and interpretation. Behn, Aphra 1640-1689 Criticism and interpretation. Manl ...

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[Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1992]

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