Dress, Distress and Desire : Clothing and the Female Body in Eighteenth-Century Literature
1st ed. 2005
by
J. Batchelor
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1349525014
ISBN-13
9781349525010
Edition
1st ed. 2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 1st, 2005
Print length
216 Pages
Weight
302 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 13.90 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Europe18th century, c 1700 to c 1799Literature: history & criticismLiterature: history and criticismLiterary theoryLiterary studies: generalLiterary studies: c 1500 to c 1800FictionFiction & related itemsCultural studiesGender studies, gender groupsCultural studiesGender studies, gender groups
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Dress, Distress and Desire explores representations of sartorial experience in eighteenth-century literature. It shows how dress dispelled the sentimental myth that the body acted as a moral index and enabled the women reader to resist some of sentimental literature's more prescriptive advice.
Dress, Distress and Desire explores representations of sartorial experience in eighteenth-century literature. Batchelor's study brings together for the first time canonical and non-canonical texts including novels, conduct books and women's magazines to investigate the pressures that the growth of the fashion market placed on conceptions of female virtue and propriety. It shows how dress dispelled the sentimental myth that the body acted as a moral index and enabled the women reader to resist some of sentimental literature's more prescriptive advice.
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