Jones, Wendy S.

Consensual fictions : women, liberalism, and the English novel / Wendy S. Jones. - Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2005. - x, 255 p.

Married love and its consequences -- Virtuous libertines and liberated virgins : Sir Charles Grandison -- "No small part of a woman's portion" : love, duty, and society in Persuasion -- Feminism and contract theory in He knew he was right -- Margaret Oliphant's women who want too much -- Liberalism and feminism : the end of the line. HKBU library

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English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Marriage in literature.
English fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
English fiction--History and criticism.--18th century
Feminist fiction, English--History and criticism.
Feminism and literature--Great Britain.
Women and literature--Great Britain.
Consent (Law)--Great Britain.
Married women in literature.
Liberalism in literature.
Women in literature.

PR868 / J76 C 2005