Unmasked : towards a restoration discourse of female libertinism

This thesis attempts to deconstruct the Restoration double standard which linked male promiscuity to libertinism, and female promiscuity to prostitution. The emphasis is placed on assessing the sexual ideologies embedded in some of the literature of the period. The impact of socioeconomic status in...

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Main Author: Bobker, Danielle
Format: Others
Published: 1999
Online Access:http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/804/1/MQ43603.pdf
Bobker, Danielle <http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/view/creators/Bobker=3ADanielle=3A=3A.html> (1999) Unmasked : towards a restoration discourse of female libertinism. Masters thesis, Concordia University.