Women, the Novel, and Natural Philosophy, 1660–1727

Gevirtz, K.

This book shows how early women novelists from Aphra Behn to Mary Davys drew on debates about the self generated by the 'scientific' revolution to establish the novel as a genre. Fascinated by the problematic idea of a unified self underpinning modes of thinking, female novelists innovated narrative structures to interrogate this idea.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-03-06

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349482306

DOI: 10.1057/9781137386762

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 247