Virginal Sexuality and Textuality in Victorian Literature

Name: Virginal Sexuality and Textuality in Victorian Literature
Brand: State University of New York Press
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By Lloyd Davis

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This book examines the figure of the virgin, a symbol central to many aspects of society and sexuality in nineteenth-century England, and its effects on the Victorian literary imagination. Studying the virgin as a social, sexual, and literary phenomenon, the volume contributes to current critical accounts of the relations among the body and language, gender, and discourse. These essays explore the ways in which virginity is not a natural ideal but a complex cultural and literary sign. The authors rethink the virginal as a textual counter-example to the idealization of "natural sexuality."

Product details

Binding:

Paperback

Edition:

illustrated

Number of Pages:

257

Release Date:

1992-12-24

Publication Date:

1992-12-24

Publisher:

State University of New York Press

Languages:

Original: English

ISBN10:

0791412849

ISBN13:

9780791412848

Weight:

27 g

Height:

157 cm

Width:

229 cm

Thickness:

1 cm

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