Boss ladies watch out! : essays on women, sex, and writing

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Boss ladies watch out! : essays on women, sex, and writing

Terry Castle

Routledge, 2002

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • Women and literary criticism
  • On Northanger Abbey
  • Austen's Emma
  • Ann Radcliffe's The mysteries of Udolpho
  • The gothic novel
  • To the friends who did not save my life
  • Was Jane Austen gay?
  • Sublimely bad
  • Resisting Casanova
  • The juvenilia of Charlotte Bronte︠
  • Shut up, sweet Charlotte
  • Always the bridesmaid, never the groom
  • Flournoy's complaint
  • Pipe down back there!
  • Very fine is my valentine
  • If everybody had a wadley
  • Night and day
  • The will to whimsy
  • Terror on the vineyard
  • Yes you sweetheart

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A new collection of essays on literature and sexuality by one of the wittiest and most iconoclastic critics writing today.

Table of Contents

Introduction Acknowledgments Part I 1. Women and Literary Criticism 2. On Northanger Abbey 3. Austen's Emma Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho 5. The Gothic Novel 6. To the Friends Who Did Not Save My Life Part II 1. Was Jane Austen Gay? 2. Sublimely Bad 3. Unruly and Unresigned 4. Resisting Casanova 5. The Juvenilia of Charlotte Bronte 6. Shut Up, Sweet Charlotte 7. Always the Bridesmaid, Never the Groom 8. Flournoy's Complaint 9. Pipe Down Back There! 10. Very Fine Is My Valentine 11. If Everybody Had a Wadley 12. Night and Day 13. The Will to Whimsy 14. Terror on the Vineyard 15. Yes You Sweetheart

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