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Force or fraud

Bowers, Toni.

Force or fraud British seduction stories and the problem of resistance 1660-1760 / [electronic resource] : Toni Bowers. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This text tells the story of how rape and seduction came to be distinguished according to measures of women's resistance and consent in low-brow 'amatory' writing, by writers such as Aphra Behn, Delarivier Manley, Eliza Haywood, and Samuel Richardson.

9780191725340 (ebook) : No price


English fiction--History and criticism.--18th century
Seduction in literature.
Women in literature.
Authority in literature.
Literature and morals--History--18th century.

PR830.S425

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