The Ideology of conduct : essays on literature and the history of sexuality / edited by Nancy Armstrong, Leonard Tennenhouse. - New York : Methuen, 1987. - 243 p.; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Medieval courtesy literature and dramatic mirrors of female conduct/ Kathleen M. Ashley-- Nets and bridles: early modern conduct books and sixteenth century women's lyrics/ Ann Rosalind Jones-- Defoe's idea of conduct: ideological fictions and fictional reality/ Carol Houlihan Fylnn-- The rise of domestic woman/ Nancy Armstrong-- Educating women: Laclos and the conduct of sexuality/ Thomas M. Kavanagh-- Wild nights: pleasure, sexuality, feminism/ Cora Kaplan-- Modes of modern shopping: Mallarme at the Bon Marche/ Rachel Bowbly-- The beauty system/ Dean Maccannell and Juliet Flower Maccanell

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Women in literature
Sex role in literature
Women--Sexual behavior--History

PN 56.5 / .W64 I36