| Description |
x, 261 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-252) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Modernity, incest, and eighteenth-century narrative -- Incest and its contingencies: debates in Britain from the Reformation through the eighteenth century -- Beyond incest: gender and the politics of transgression in Aphra Behn's Love-letters between a nobleman and his sister -- Guarding the succession of the (E)state: incest and the dangers of representation in Delarivier Manley's The new Atlantis -- Moll Flanders, incest, and the structure of exchange -- Ingesting incest: maternity, textuality, and the problem of origins -- Incest and liberty: Mansfield park. |
| Subject |
English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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Incest in literature.
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| ISBN |
0801872049 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 246765534 |
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