Refiguring the Coquette
Essays on Culture and Coquetry
Bucknell University Press,U.S.
Published on 1. October 2008
Book
Hardback
228 pages
978-1-61148-306-2 (ISBN)
Description
This is a collection of nine original essays selected and edited with a twofold aim: to establish the parameters of coquetry as it was defined and represented in the long eighteenth century, and to reconsider this traditional figure in light of recent work in cultural and gender studies. The essays provide analyses of lesser-known works, examine the depiction of the coquette in popular culture, explore the importance of coquetry as a contemporary term applicable to men as well as women, and amplify current theorization of the coquette. By bringing together the diverse contexts and genres in which the figure of the coquette is articulated - drama, art, fiction, life-writing - Refiguring the Coquette offers alternative perspectives on this central figure in eighteenth-century culture.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cranbury
United States
Publishing group
Associated University Presses
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
479 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61148-306-2 (9781611483062)
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Persons
Shelley King is sssociate professor of English at Queen's University. Yael Schlick is associate adjunct professor at Queen's University.