Five for freedom : a study of feminism in fiction / [by] Geoffrey Wagner

Wagner, Geoffrey Atheling

London : Allen & Unwin, 1972. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 234 pages; Physical desc. : 234 p. ; 22 cm. Contents: Introduction -- Madame de Merteuil. Woman as sexual object, with a coda on La cousine Bette -- Jane Eyre. With a commencement on Catherine Earnshaw, beyond biology -- Emma Bovary. The usurper, with a coda on Luiza of Cousin Bazilio -- Tess of the D'Urbevilles. The 'pure' woman -- Tony Buddenbrook. The fall of the family. Subject: Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930 - Criticism and interpretation. Women in literature. Feminist fiction - History and criticism. Fiction - History and criticism. Feminism in literature. Fiction in European languages - Feminist heroines - Critical studies. Fiction in European languages - special themes - feminism - critical studies. Fiction in European languages - feminist heroines - critical studies. Item #183439

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