The rise of the woman novelist from Aphra Behn to Jane Austen /

Main Author: Spencer, Jane.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Oxford, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Blackwell, 1986.
Physical Description: xii, 225 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects:
Item Description: Includes bibliographies and index.
pt. 1. Woman novelist as heroine: 1. Wit's mild empire: the rise of women's writing -- 2. Three self-portraits -- 3. Terms of acceptance -- pt. 2. Heroines by women novelists: 4. Seduced heroines: the tradition of protest -- 5. Reformed heroines: the didactic tradition -- 6. Romance heroines, the tradiong of escape.
Physical Description: xii, 225 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographies and index.
ISBN: 0631139168
9780631139164
063113915X
9780631139157