Maids, Mistresses, and "Monstrous Doubles": Gender-Class Kyriarchy in The Female Quixote and Female Quixotism.

A literary criticism is presented of the books "The Female Quixote," by Charlotte Lennox and "Female Quixotism," by Tabitha Gilman Tenney. The depiction of the romantic fantasies of maids in "The Female Quixote" is discussed. An overview of the books' depiction of the class relationships between mis...

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Publicado en:	Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 77 - 97
Autor principal:	Hanlon, Aaron R.
Formato:	Literary Criticism
Publicado:	University of Pennsylvania Press Spring2014
Materias:	Female Quixote, The (Book) Female Quixotism (Book) Tenney, Tabitha, 1762-1837 Lennox, Charlotte, ca. 1729-1804 Women household employees in literature Mistresses in literature Social classes in literature Romanticism in literature
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Sumario:	A literary criticism is presented of the books "The Female Quixote," by Charlotte Lennox and "Female Quixotism," by Tabitha Gilman Tenney. The depiction of the romantic fantasies of maids in "The Female Quixote" is discussed. An overview of the books' depiction of the class relationships between mistresses and their female domestic servants is provided.