Representing Women And Female Desire from Arcadia to Jane Eyre

by Mitchell, Marea; Osland, Dianne

• ISBN13: 9781403943316
• ISBN10: 1403943311
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-21
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book examines the representation of female desire in a broad range of fiction from the late sixteenth century to the early nineteenth century, discussing key texts such as Jane Eyre, Pamela, Pride and Prejudice and Arcadia . It focuses on the emerging tensions between moral, social, and generic constraints on female behavior.

Author Biography

Marea Mitchell is Senior Lecturer in English at Macquarie University, Australia. Dianne Osland is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	viii
Introduction	1	(24)
Women of Great Wit: Designing Women in Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia	25	(27)
`Free Gift Was What He Wished': Negotiating Desire in Lady Mary Wroth's Urania	52	(23)
Stratagems and Seeming Constraints, or, How to Avoid Being a `Grey-hounds Collar'	75	(21)
`A Scheme of Virtuous Politics': Governing the Self in `Assaulted and Pursued Chastity' (1656), The History of the Nun (1689), Love Intrigues (1713), and Love in Excess (1720)	96	(21)
Poor in Everything But Will: Richardson's Pamela	117	(24)
Turret Love and Cottage Hate: Coming Down to Earth in Pamela 2 and The Female Quixote	141	(17)
`It Was Happy She Took a Good Course': Saving Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice	158	(17)
Agitating Risk and Romantic Chance: Going All the Way with Jane Eyre?	175	(19)
Notes	194	(38)
Bibliography	232	(11)
Index	243