Enlightened Virginity in Eighteenth-Century Literature

• Author(s): C. Harol,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 239
• ISBN_10: 1403983658
  ISBN_13: 9781403983657
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Fiction / General , Social Science / Gender Studies , Literary Criticism / General , Literary Criticism / Modern / General , Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh , Religion / Christianity / General ,

Description:... Enlightened Virginity in Eighteenth-Century Literature analyzes the history of the English virgin at the height of her celebrity. In so doing, it presents new arguments about the early English novel and its relationship to science, religion, and feminist theory.