Contributions

  • Fletcher, Loraine - Contributor

Publication

2003 - Broadview Press, Peterborough, Ont, Ontario

Language

English

Word Count

130,000 words, Guess

Page Count

520 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL18151261M
  • ISBN-101551113597
  • OCLC Control Number52496140
  • Goodreads729474
  • LibraryThing234266

Classifications

  • LCCPR3716
  • LCCPR3688 S4 E66

Description

"The plot of Charlotte Smith's autobiographical first novel Emmeline (1788) includes the expected thrills of the eighteenth-century courtship novel: abduction, duels, and a "fairy-tale princess." At the same time, the novel satirically reworks such literary conventions by focusing on the dangers of early engagement and marriage, and challenges a social and legal system in which women are inherently illegitimate subjects." "This Broadview edition includes primary source material relating to the novel's reception; women, marriage, and work; and landscape in eighteenth-century fiction. Mary Hays's biographical writing on Smith is also included, as is selected correspondence."--Jacket.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Broadview literary texts

Other Editions

  • EmmelineBroadview Press2003

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