Harol, Corrinne
Enlightened Virginity in Eighteenth-Century Literature
1. Introduction: Virginity and Patrilinear Legitimacy
Corrinne Harol
2. Blessed Virgins: Anti-Catholic Propaganda and Convent Fantasies
Corrinne Harol
3. The Hymen and Its Discontents: Medical Discourses on Virginity
Corrinne Harol
4. Hymen Humor: Ballads and the Matter of Virginity
Corrinne Harol
5. Virgin Idols and Verbal Devices: Pope’s Belinda and the Virgin Mary
Corrinne Harol
6. Faking It: Virtue, Satire, and Pamela’s Virginity
Corrinne Harol
7. Novel Virgins: Libertine and Literary Pleasures in
Corrinne Harol
8. Conclusion: Clarissa’s Exceptional Infertility
Corrinne Harol
Keywords: Literature, Fiction, Gender Studies, Literary History, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, British and Irish Literature, Christianity
- Author(s)
- Harol, Corrinne
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2006
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 247 pages
- Category
- Litterary Studies
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781403983657
- Printed ISBN
- 978-1-349-53563-7