Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 499 g
Reihe: British Literature in Context in the Long Eighteenth Century
Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 499 g
Reihe: British Literature in Context in the Long Eighteenth Century
ISBN: 978-1-4094-1811-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
In the first full-length study of the figure of the female libertine in late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century literature, Laura Linker examines heroines appearing in literature by John Dryden, Aphra Behn, Catharine Trotter, Delariviere Manley, and Daniel Defoe. Linker argues that this figure, partially inspired by Epicurean ideas found in Lucretius's De rerum natura, interrogates gender roles and assumptions and emerges as a source of considerable tension during the late Stuart and early Georgian periods. Witty and rebellious, the female libertine becomes a frequent satiric target because of her transgressive sexuality. As a result of negative portrayals of lady libertines, women writers begin to associate their libertine heroines with the pathos figures they read in French texts of sensibilité. Beginning with a discussion of Charles II's mistresses, Linker shows that these women continue to serve as models for the female libertine in literature long after their "reigns" at court ended. Her study places the female libertine within her cultural, philosophical, and literary contexts and suggests new ways of considering women's participation and the early novel, which prominently features female libertines as heroines of sensibility.
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Introduction Lady Libertine, Laura Linker; Chapter 1 Lady Lucretius, Laura Linker; Chapter 2 Lady Sensibility, Laura Linker; Chapter 3 The Humane Libertine, Laura Linker; Chapter 4 The Natural Libertine, Laura Linker; Chapter 5 The Amazonian Libertine, Laura Linker; conclusion The Fate of the Female Libertine, Laura Linker;
