Title The conversation of the sexes : seduction and equality in selected seventeenth- and eighteenth-century texts / Roy Roussel

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1986

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Description 178 pages ; 22 cm Contents ch. 1. Women and fleas: the argument of seduction -- ch. 2. Fanny Hill and the androgynous reader -- ch. 3. Pamela and the equality of correspondents -- ch. 4. Les liaisons dangereuses and the myth of the understanding man -- ch. 5. William Congreve and the conversation of opposites Analysis English literature, 1600-1800. Special subjects: Women - Critical studies Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 161-173 Subject Laclos, Choderlos de, 1741-1803. Liaisons dangereuses. English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism. English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism. Seduction in literature. Sex role in literature. Civilization, Modern -- 17th century. Women in literature. LC no. 85015338 ISBN 019503659X

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