Five for Freedom

First published in 1972 Five for Freedom is a candid study of five European fictional heroines as anticipatory of contemporary feminism: Madame de Merteuil of Choderlos de Laclos' Les Liaisons dangereuses, Jane Eyre, Emma Bovary, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and Tony Buddenbrook.

Autorentext

Geoffrey Wagner

Klappentext

First published in 1972 Five for Freedom is a candid study of five European fictional heroines as anticipatory of contemporary feminism: Madame de Merteuil of Choderlos de Laclos' Les Liaisons dangereuses, Jane Eyre, Emma Bovary, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and Tony Buddenbrook.

Zusammenfassung
First published in 1972 Five for Freedom is a candid study of five European fictional heroines as anticipatory of contemporary feminism: Madame de Merteuil of Choderlos de Laclosâ™ Les Liaisons dangereuses, Jane Eyre, Emma Bovary, Tess of the Dâ™Urbervilles, and Tony Buddenbrook.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Madame de Merteuil Woman as a Sexual Object: With a Coda on La Cousine Bette ****3. Jane Eyre With a Commencement on Catherine Earnshaw: Beyond Biology 4. Emma Bovary The Usurper: With A Coda on Luiza of Cousin Bazilio ****5. Tess of the D'Urbervilles The 'Pure' Woman 6. Tony Buddenbrook The Fall of the Family Index **