Outward appearances : the female exterior in Restoration London / Will Pritchard

Author:: Pritchard, Will, 1965-
Published:: Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press, [2008]
Copyright Date:: ©2008
Physical Description:: 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Series:

The Bucknell studies in eighteenth-century literature and culture

Contents:

Introduction: outward appearances -- The problem of female legibility -- The promise of female legibility -- The playhouse -- The park -- The new exchange.

Subject(s):

English literature—Early modern, 1500-1700—History and criticism
Women in literature
Women—Physiology
Public spaces in literature
Men—Attitudes—England—London—History—17th century
Women—Public opionion—England—London—History—17th century
Femininity in literature
Body image in literature
London (England)—Social life and customs—17th century

ISBN:

9780838756881 (alk. paper)
0838756883 (alk. paper)

Note:

A cultural study of how men in Restoration London, view women through their outward physical appearances and through their increased appearances in public places. Based on literary and non-literary texts from the years 1650-1700.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-261) and index.

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