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Article: The Feminization Debate in Eighteenth-Century England.(Book review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- July 1, 2008
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The Feminization Debate in Eighteenth-Century England. By EMMA J. CLERY. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 2004. x+234 pp. 60 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 978-0-333-77731-2.
This is a very original book, both intelligent and informed; showing a sure mastery of the subject it addresses, it does not simply take into consideration the presence of women (both authors and characters) on the eighteenth-century English literary scene, but it aims at identifying the way in which during that period 'women were gaining an increasing influence over men and altering the manners and morals of the nation' (p. 1). That is to say, it shows the way in which a female code of behaviour ...