04302nam 2200757 450 991046793380332120210903005325.01-4426-2772-710.3138/9781442627727(CKB)4940000000585659(MiAaPQ)EBC4670041(Au-PeEL)EBL4670041(CaPaEBR)ebr11256555(OCoLC)958570945(DE-B1597)465538(OCoLC)1013954919(OCoLC)944178893(DE-B1597)9781442627727(EXLCZ)99494000000058565920160924h20052005 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierConsensual fictions women, liberalism, and the English novel /Wendy S. JonesToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2005.©20051 online resource (266 pages)Heritage0-8020-8717-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. Married Love and Its Consequences --2. Virtuous Libertines and Liberated Virgins: Sir Charles Grandison --3. 'No small part of a woman's portion': Love, Duty, and Society in Persuasion --4. Feminism and Contract Theory in He Knew He Was Right --5. Margaret Oliphant's Women Who Want Too Much --6. Liberalism and Feminism: The End of the Line --Notes --Bibliography --IndexIn eighteenth and nineteenth-century England, consensual marriages became increasingly popular, according women a 'contractual subjectivity' in which the liberal ideal of individual choice was key. Representations of consensual marriage thus provide a firm grounding for the re-evaluation of women's place within society. Because this new progressive form of marriage was based on emotion rather than considerations of status or money, it challenged the hierarchical status quo of English society that the traditional patriarchal marriage had upheld. This phenomenon shows how necessary it is to historicize evaluations of political theory; while the relationship between liberalism and feminism is fiercely debated today, it was the foundation for radical feminism and social change from early modern times through much of the twentieth century. In Consensual Fictions, Wendy S. Jones focuses on the English novel of the period to explore the relationship between married love, classic liberal thought, and novelistic form. Jones argues that these works of fiction use the mulitplot form to explore the specific set of cultural problems associated with the ways in which liberalism reconceived marriage, love, and gender by exploring alternative resolutions to cultural problems through different narrative lines.English fiction19th centuryHistory and criticismMarriage in literatureEnglish fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticismEnglish fiction18th centuryHistory and criticismFeminist fiction, EnglishHistory and criticismFeminism and literatureGreat BritainWomen and literatureGreat BritainConsent (Law)Great BritainMarried women in literatureLiberalism in literatureWomen in literatureElectronic books.English fictionHistory and criticism.Marriage in literature.English fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticism.English fictionHistory and criticism.Feminist fiction, EnglishHistory and criticism.Feminism and literatureWomen and literatureConsent (Law)Married women in literature.Liberalism in literature.Women in literature.823/.8093522Jones Wendy S.902303MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910467933803321Consensual fictions2016941UNINA