About this title: First published in the turbulent decade following the French Revolution, Memoirs of Emma Courtney is based on Mary Hays' own passionate struggle with romance and Enlightenment philosophy. A feminist and ardent disciple of Mary Wollstonecraft, Hays reveals the lamentable gap between 'what women are' and 'what woment ought to be'. The novel is one of the most articulate and detailed expressions of the yearnings and frustrations of a woman living in late eighteenth-century English society. It questions marital arrangements and courtship rituals by depicting a woman who actively pursues the man ...
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Edition: Annotated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780192823069ISBN:019282306X
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Notes on first page. Some underlining. Shiny cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 272 p. Oxford World's Classics (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: SOFTCOVER
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780192823069ISBN:019282306X
Description: Very good. [No CD or ancillary materials included] [Authentic USA edition] [I will ship immediately] Book in standard used condition: may have minimal or no markings, slightly worn covers and edges, and good binding. read more
Binding: SOFTCOVER
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780192823069ISBN:019282306X
Description: Very good. [No CD or ancillary materials included] [Authentic USA edition] [I will ship immediately] Book in standard used condition: may have minimal or no markings, slightly worn covers and edges, and good binding. read more
Binding: SOFTCOVER
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780192823069ISBN:019282306X
Description: Very good. [No CD or ancillary materials included] [Authentic USA edition] [I will ship immediately] Book in standard used condition: may have minimal or no markings, slightly worn covers and edges, and good binding. read more
Binding: SOFTCOVER
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780192823069ISBN:019282306X
Description: Very good. [No CD or ancillary materials included] [Authentic USA edition] [I will ship immediately] Book in standard used condition: may have minimal or no markings, slightly worn covers and edges, and good binding. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780199555406ISBN:0199555400
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 196x129 mm. (272) mary hays's first novel, memoirs of emma courtney (1796), transgresses literary and social conventions with its outspoken heroine who pursues the man she loves. a work concerned with issues of female dependence, sexuality, and woman's role in society, it will interest scholars of the eighteenth century and romantic period, and those in women's studies. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780192823069ISBN:019282306X
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
"This book is in the tradition of Mary Wollstonecraft's Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman and William Godwin's Things as they Are; or, the Adventures of Caleb Williams, but it's fascinating in its own right for a few reasons:
1. It's a deliberately experimental text that includes correspondence from Hays's own life.
2. It plumbs the previously unexplored depths of female psychology, including female desire and sexuality (which made it quite scandalous for the 1790s).
3. It was notoriously poorly received upon publication.
The plot can be frustrating at moments, but it's well worth the read."
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