| Description |
x, 230 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Pleasure of the Act: Charity, Penitence, and Narrative -- 2. "The Matter of Letters": Conduct, Anatomy and Pamela -- 3. The Value of Virtue: Dowry, Marriage Settlements, and the Conduct Novel -- 4. The Happiness of Virtue: Evangelicalism, Class, and Gender -- 5. The Daughters of the Republic: Girls' Play in Nineteenth-Century American Juvenile Fiction -- 6. "The True Meaning of Dirt": Putting Good and Bad Girls in Their Place(s) -- Afterword: "Still Harping on My Daughter": Pamela's Sisters. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-226) and index. |
| Subject |
Teenage girls in popular culture -- United States -- History.
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Teenage girls in popular culture -- Great Britain -- History.
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| Indexed Term |
Adolescent girls History |
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United States |
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Great Britain |
| ISBN |
0300061722 (acid-free paper) |
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