Henry Fielding's The Female Husband and the Sexuality of Vagrancy.

A literary criticism is presented of the book "The Female Husband" by Henry Fielding. Emphasis is given to the theme of vagrancy and practices of gendered embodiment in relation to the history of sexuality and vagrancy laws. Other topics include the relationship between desire and crime, religious c...

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Published in:	Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 335 - 354
Main Author:	Nicolazzo, Sarah
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	University of Pennsylvania Press Winter2014
Subjects:	Female Husband, The (Book) Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754 Vagrancy in literature Vagrancy laws Human sexuality Gender identity Economics
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost