Unnatural Affections: Women and Fiction in the Later 18th Century

by George E. Haggerty

Book Overview

"... compelling... One draws from Haggerty's very deft readings a strong understanding of the ways in which women writers worked to resist, with greater and lesser success, the increasing demand that gender relations be normalized by imagining ever more possibilities for deviance." --Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature George Haggerty examines the "unnatural" affections that abound in 18th-century novels. Their portrayal offered a complex understanding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253211832
• ISBN13: 9780253211835
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"