Female manners and morals : conduct books and their reflection in the novels of Frances Burney and Maria Edgeworth
This thesis attempts to discover late eighteenth-century ideals of feminine behaviour. It reveals women’s manners, morals and roles in society through two types of literary genres, the conduct book and the novel. The examination of the rules of behaviour which were designed for women to form their m...
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University of Aberdeen
2013
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.573426 |