Jane Austen, Sex, and Romance: Engaging with Desire in the Novels and Beyond
- ISBN-10
- 1648250076
- ISBN-13
- 9781648250071
- Category
- Desire in literature
- Pages
- 273
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer
- Authors
- Stephanie Oppenheim, Nora Nachumi, Stephanie M. Oppenheim
Description
The first of its kind, this collection brings together writers from diverse academic and nonacademic worlds to explore how Austen's readers experience and process her novels' erotic power.
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