 | Private Interests: Women, Portraiture, and the Visual Culture of the English Novel, 1709-1791 Subjects: English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Portraits in literature; Women in literature; English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism; This study undertakes a new definition of the 18th-century novel's investment in visual culture, tracing the relationship between the development of the novel and that of the portrait, particularly as represented in the novel itself. Conway Alison : Alison Conway is Professor of English and Cultural Studies, and of Gender and Women's Studies, at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan. |
