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the critical importance of women to the eighteenth-century debate on property as conducted in the fiction of the period. April London argues that contemporary novels advanced several, often conflicting, interpretations of the relation of women to property, ranging from straightforward assertions of equivalence between women and things to subtle explorations of the self-possession open to those denied a full civic identity. Two contemporary models for the defining of selfhood through reference to property structure the book, one historical (classical republicanism and bourgeois individualism), and the other literary (pastoral and georgic) . These paradigms offer a cultural context for the analysis of both canonical and less well-known writers, from Samuel Richardson and Henry Mackenzie to Clara Reeve and Jane West. While this study focuses on fiction from 􀀄􀀅􀀆􀀇 to 􀀄􀀈􀀇􀀇, it also draws on the historiography, literary criticism, and philosophy of the period, and on recent feminist and cultural studies.  \nA􀀉􀀊 􀀋􀀌 L􀀍􀀎 􀀏􀀍 􀀎 is Associate Professor of English at the University of Ottawa. She has written widely on eighteenth-century fiction in journals and in essay collections. This is her first full-length book.  \nWOMEN AND PROPERTY IN THE  \nEIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH NOVEL  \nAPRIL LONDON  \n􀀁􀀂􀀃􀀄􀀅􀀆􀀇􀀈􀀉 􀀃􀀋 􀀌􀀇􀀈 􀀁􀀍􀀈􀀆􀀆 􀀆􀀋􀀎􀀉􀀅􀀏􀀐􀀌􀀈 􀀑􀀒 􀀌􀀇􀀈 􀀂􀀎􀀅􀀓􀀈􀀍􀀆􀀅􀀌􀀋 􀀑􀀒 􀀏􀀐􀀔􀀃􀀍􀀅􀀉􀀕􀀈 The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom  \n􀀏􀀐􀀔􀀃􀀍􀀅􀀉􀀕􀀈 􀀂􀀎􀀅􀀓􀀈􀀍􀀆􀀅􀀌􀀋 􀀁􀀍􀀈􀀆􀀆  \nThe Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK  \n40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA  \n477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia Ruiz de Alarcón 13, 28014 Madrid, Spain  \nDock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Africa [http://www.cambridge.org](http://www.cambridge.org)  \n© April London 2004  \nFirst published in printed format 1999  \nISBN 0-511-03678-7 eBook (Adobe Reader) ISBN 0-521-65013-5 hardback  \nTo my parents  \nContents  \nAcknowledgements page ix  \nIntroduction 􀀄  \n􀀉􀀘􀀊􀀖 􀀋 􀀒􀀘􀀛􀀐􀀔􀀌 􀀊􀀋􀀗􀀓􀀘􀀊􀀏􀀒􀀍􀀎 􀀘􀀎􀀏 􀀜􀀔􀀍􀀊􀀜􀀋􀀗  \nIntroduction 􀀄􀀡  \n􀀄 Clarissa and the georgic mode 􀀄􀀅  \n􀀝 Making meaning as constructive labor 􀀝􀀈  \n􀀞 Wicked confederacies 􀀞􀀠  \n􀀆 ‘‘The work of bodies’’: reading, writing, and documents 􀀆􀀡  \n􀀉􀀘􀀊􀀖 􀀋􀀋 􀀉􀀘􀀒􀀖􀀍􀀊􀀘􀀌  \nIntroduction 􀀟􀀡  \n􀀡 The Man of Feeling 􀀟􀀅  \n􀀟 Colonial narratives: Charles Wentworth and The Female American 􀀈􀀟  \n􀀉􀀘􀀊􀀖 􀀋􀀋􀀋 􀀗􀀍􀀛􀀛􀀐􀀎􀀋􀀖􀀕 􀀘􀀎􀀏 􀀗􀀍􀀎􀀙􀀔􀀏􀀔􀀊􀀘􀀗􀀕  \nIntroduction 􀀄􀀇􀀡  \n􀀅 Versions of community: William Dodd, Sarah Scott,  \nClara Reeve 􀀄􀀇􀀅  \n􀀈 Confederacies of women: Phebe Gibbes and John Trusler 􀀄􀀝􀀆  \nContents xiii  \n􀀉 􀀘 􀀊􀀖 􀀋􀀚 􀀖􀀓 􀀔 􀀉 􀀍 􀀌 􀀋􀀖􀀋􀀗􀀒 􀀍 􀀙 􀀊􀀔􀀘􀀏􀀋􀀎􀀜  \nIntroduction 􀀄􀀞􀀠  \n􀀠 The discourse of manliness: Samuel Jackson Pratt and  \nRobert Bage 􀀄􀀆􀀄  \n􀀄􀀇 The gendering of radical representation 􀀄􀀡􀀆  \n􀀄􀀄 History, romance, and the anti-Jacobins’‘‘common sense’’ 􀀄􀀟􀀠  \n􀀄􀀝 Jane West and the politics of reading 􀀄􀀈􀀡  \nEpilogue 􀀝􀀇􀀝  \nNotes 􀀝􀀇􀀟  \nBibliography 􀀝􀀆􀀝  \nIndex 􀀝􀀡􀀈","cbCaip0nkIx3ge0B","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaip0nkIx3ge0B","pdf",1106273,274,"English","# Introduction\n## Clarissa and the georgic mode\n## Making meaning as constructive labor\n## Wicked confederacies\n## \"The work of bodies\": reading, writing, and documents\n# The Man of Feeling\n## Colonial narratives: Charles Wentworth and The Female American\n# Versions of community: William Dodd, Sarah Scott, Clara Reeve\n## Confederacies of women: Phebe Gibbes and John Trusler\n# The discourse of manliness: Samuel Jackson Pratt and Robert Bage\n## The gendering of radical representation\n## History, romance, and the anti-Jacobins' \"common sense\"\n## Jane West and the politics of reading\n# Epilogue\n# Notes\n# Bibliography\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"How does the book connect women with property debates in the eighteenth century?\",\"answer\":\"It investigates how contemporary novels advanced interpretations of women’s relation to property, ranging from equivalence claims to subtler accounts of self-possession and civic exclusion.\"},{\"question\":\"What two models structure the book’s analysis of selfhood?\",\"answer\":\"One is historical—classical republicanism and bourgeois individualism—and the other is literary—pastoral and georgic modes.\"},{\"question\":\"Which authors does the book consider when analyzing women, property, and selfhood?\",\"answer\":\"It reads a range of writers including Samuel Richardson, Henry Mackenzie, Clara Reeve, and Jane West, alongside other less well-known authors.\"}]","Women and Property in the Eighteenth-Century English Novel - Women’s selfhood and property | PDF",1790549782,422]