Dangerous Women, Libertine Epicures, and the Rise of Sensibility, 1670-1730

Examines heroines appearing in literature by John Dryden, Aphra Behn, Catharine Trotter, Delariviere Manley, and Daniel Defoe. This title places the female libertine within her cultural, philosophical, and literary contexts and suggests fresh ways of considering women's participation and the early novel.