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Author Thickstun, Margaret Olofson, 1956-

Title Fictions of the feminine : Puritan doctrine and the representation of women / Margaret Olofson Thickstun.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1988.

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  809 T34    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  820.9 THICKSTUN    Check Shelf
Description xi, 176 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [161]-168.
Note Includes index.
Contents Introduction: The Pauline precedent for the Puritan view of women -- Spenser's brides errant -- Effeminate slackness substantially expressed: woman as scapegoat in Paradise lost -- From Christiana to stand-fast: subsuming the feminine in The pilgrim's progress -- Most happy punishment: the sanctification of Clarissa -- Adultery versus idolatry: the hierarchy of sin in The scarlet letter.
Subject English literature -- Puritan authors -- History and criticism.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Scarlet letter.
Women in literature.
Puritan movements in literature.
Puritans -- Intellectual life.
Feminism and literature.
Sex role in literature.
Indexed Term English literature, 1600-1800. Special subjects: Women - Critical studies
ISBN 0801421071 alkaline paper
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