{"product_id":"virginal-sexuality-and-textuality-in-lloyd-davis-9780791412848","title":"Virginal Sexuality and Textuality in Victorian Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the figure of the virgin, a symbol central to many aspects of society and sexuality in nineteenth-century England, and its effects on the Victorian literary imagination. Studying the virgin as a social, sexual, and literary phenomenon, the volume contributes to current critical accounts of the relations among the body and language, gender, and discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese essays explore the ways in which virginity is not a natural ideal but a complex cultural and literary sign. The authors rethink the virginal as a textual counter-example to the idealization of \"natural sexuality.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lloyd Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791412849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791412848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/24\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.19w x 0.03d","brand":"Lloyd Davis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448942866687,"sku":"9780791412848","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cda473e2-0095-433c-b804-7c93f284b5d7.jpg?v=1777261278","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/virginal-sexuality-and-textuality-in-lloyd-davis-9780791412848","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}