"Only to Sink Deeper": Venereal Disease in "Sense and Sensibility."
This article examines the reference to venereal disease in Jane Austen's novel "Sense and Sensibility." The character most spoken of is Eliza and her consumption as a euphemism for venereal disease which supported the views of the book as a progressive novel. This book reminds Austins readers that s...
| Publicado en: | Eighteenth Century Fiction Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 87 - 111 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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University of Toronto Press
Oct2004
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