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Author Braunschneider, Theresa, 1971-

Title Our coquettes [electronic resource] : capacious desire in the eighteenth century / Theresa Braunschneider.

Imprint Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description ix, 189 p.
Series Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies
Note "Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies"--P. facing t.p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A prelude: the novelty of coquetry -- The people that things make: coquettes and consumer culture -- The coquette here and there: a cartography of coquetry -- Women who choose too much: reforming the coquette -- A postlude: the coquette's demise.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
Young women in literature.
Flirting in literature.
Social interaction in literature.
Man-woman relationships in literature.
Consumption (Economics) in literature.
Consumption (Economics) -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Young women -- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780813928098 (cloth : alk. paper)
0813928095 (cloth : alk. paper)
0813928141 (electronic bk.)
9780813928142 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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