Sexuality and Feminism in Shelley

Nathaniel Brown

Published by Harvard University Press 1979

Sexuality and Feminism in Shelley

Nathaniel Brown

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674731851

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More than a literary study, this book is an analysis of sexual attitudes and practices in the Romantic period, and a contribution to the history and theory of feminism. Shelley is shown to have anticipated in many ways the work of modern students of human sexual behavior. He was strikingly ahead of his time in his attitude toward women: his ideal of love postulated the equality of the sexes, and his theory of psychosexual identification, like mated to like, extended the feminist ideology of his mother-in-law, Mary Wollstonecraft. Moreover, in his own person and practice he came close to the androgynous ideal of the modern woman's movement.

In exploring the many aspects of his subject, Brown compares Shelley with his contemporaries, particularly Byron, and draws upon extensive research into the laws, ideas, and practices of the period.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. A DISCOURSE ON LOVE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
2. LOVE’S TYPOLOGY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
3. LOVES VISIBLE LINK Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
4. CIVILIZED SEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
5. LAWLESS LOVE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
6. THE MALE EROS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
7. LOVE’S DOMINION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
8. IN DEFENSE OF WOMEN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
9. THE EYE OF SANE PHILOSOPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
10. THE DETESTABLE DISTINCTIONS OF SEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT TITLES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	290

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1979
Edition: Reprint 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 298
Keywords: Feminism in literature.; Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 -- Criticism and interpretation.; PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality; LITERARY CRITICISM / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory

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