The Stone and the Scorpion: The Female Subject of Desire in the Novels of Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy

by Judith Mitchell

Sexuality and erotic desire were important components of Victorian culture, and the novels of the Victorian era reflect the sexual attitudes of the authors and culture of that period. The Stone and the Scorpion focuses on the interplay of erotics in the novels of Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy. Using several extra-literary critical approaches, particularly feminist gender-relations theory, this book determines degrees of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313290431
• ISBN13: 9780313290435
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"