Reshaping the sexes in Sense and sensibility
Women intellectuals
Heroines in literature
Austen, jane, 1775-1817
Sex role in literature
Women and literature
History
Moreland Perkins's Reshaping the Sexes in "Sense and Sensibility" is an accessible yet sophisticated exploration of Jane Austen's revision and reversal of sexual stereotypes. He argues that Austen's first published novel embodies her most sustained effort at correcting dominant concepts of gender in…
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