A cultural study of how men in Restoration London, view women through their outward physical appearances and through their increased appearances in public places. Based on literary and non-literary texts from the years 1650-1700. Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-261) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: outward appearances -- The problem of female legibility -- The promise of female legibility -- The playhouse -- The park -- The new exchange.
Series:
Bucknell studies in eighteenth-century literature and culture
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