Oxford World's Classics: Memoirs Emma Courtney - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 019283729X ISBN 13: 9780192837295

Verlag: Oxford University Press España, S.A., 2000

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Memoirs of Emma Courtney

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"A very informative introduction and meticulously edited text."--Gregory Maertz, St. John's University "A very informative introduction and meticulously edited text."--Gregory Maertz, St. John's University "A very informative introduction and meticulously edited text."--Gregory Maertz, St. John's University "A very informative introduction and meticulously edited text."--Gregory Maertz, St. John's University

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First published in the turbulent decade following the French Revolution, Memoirs of Emma Courtney is based on Mary Hays' own passionate struggle with romance and Enlightenment philosophy. A feminist and ardent disciple of Mary Wollstonecraft, Hays reveals the lamentable gap between `what women are' and `what woment ought to be'. The novel is one of the most articulate and detailed expressions of the yearnings and frustrations of a woman living in late eighteenth-century English society. It questions marital arrangements and courtship rituals by depicting a woman who actively pursues the man she loves. The novel explores the links between sexuality, desire, and economic and social freedom, suggesting the need for improvement in the laws of society which `have enslaved, enervated, and degraded woman'.

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• Verlag: Oxford University Press España, S.A.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 019283729X
• ISBN 13: 9780192837295
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272