£60.00
Publication Date:
01 Dec 2011
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Imprint:
Ashgate Publishing
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Description
In her study of late eighteenth-century women novelists, Woodworth argues that women writers' ideas about their own liberty are present not only in their portrayal of heroines but also in their treatment of male characters. She suggests that Frances Burney, Charlotte Smith, Jane West, Maria Edgeworth and Jane Austen all used their creative powers to liberate men from the very institutions and ideas about power, society and gender that promote the subjection of women.
Contents
Contents: Preface; Introduction: creating 'the MAN': re(de)fining masculinity, 1660-1775; Part 1 Frances Burney, the American Revolutionary War, and the Cultural Revolution, 1778-1782; 'Un jeune home comme il y en a peu': Evelina and the masculine empire; 'If a man dared act for himself': Cecilia and the family romance of the American Revolution. Part 2 Charlotte Smith, Jane West, and the War of Ideals, 1789-1802: 'The best were only men of theory': masculinity, revolution, and reform, 1789-1793; From 'men of theory' to theoretical men: Smith, West, and masculinity at war, 1793-1802. Part 3 From Ennui to Meritocracy: Jane Austen, Maria Edgeworth and the Redefinition of a 'Gentleman': 'A really respectable, enlightened and useful country gentleman': men of fashion, men of merit and the rehabilitation of the landed gentleman; 'Gentleman-like manner': gentlemanly professionals, merit, and the end of patronage; 'You misled me by the term gentleman': a final farewell to 'foppery and nonsense'; Conclusion: the national importance of domestic virtue; Bibliography; Index.
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