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Memoirs of Emma Courtney / Mary Hays ; edited with an introduction by Eleanor Ty.

By: Contributor(s): Series: The World's classicsPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1996.Edition: 1st annotated edDescription: xlv, 220 p. ; 19 cmISBN:
  • 019282306X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823/.7 20
Summary: First published in the turbulent decade following the French Revolution, Memoirs of Emma Courtney is based on Mary Hays's own passionate struggle with romance and Enlightenment philosophy. A feminist and ardent disciple of Mary Wollstonecraft, Hays reveals the lamentable gap between 'what women are' and 'what women ought to be'. This novel is one of the most articulate expressions of the frustrations of a woman living in late eighteenth-century English society. It questions marital arrangements and courtship rituals by depicting a woman who actively pursues the man she loves. The novel suggests the need for improvement in the laws of society which 'have enslaved, enervated, and degraded woman'.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library 828.99137 HAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 61325

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xl]-xliii).

First published in the turbulent decade following the French Revolution, Memoirs of Emma Courtney is based on Mary Hays's own passionate struggle with romance and Enlightenment philosophy. A feminist and ardent disciple of Mary Wollstonecraft, Hays reveals the lamentable gap between 'what women are' and 'what women ought to be'. This novel is one of the most articulate expressions of the frustrations of a woman living in late eighteenth-century English society. It questions marital arrangements and courtship rituals by depicting a woman who actively pursues the man she loves. The novel suggests the need for improvement in the laws of society which 'have enslaved, enervated, and degraded woman'.

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