"Frau." . . "Geschichte 1700-1800" . . "English literature Women authors" . . "Crime in literature." . . "Crime in literature" . . . "1700 - 1799" . . "Lesbians in literature." . . "Lesbians in literature" . "Littérature anglaise Femmes écrivains Histoire et critique." . . "Women and literature" . . "Lesbiennes Dans la littérature." . . . . . . "Lewd & notorious female transgression in the eighteenth century" . "Lewd & notorious female transgression in the eighteenth century"@en . . . . . . . "Electronic resource" . . . "Lewd and Notorious" . . . . . "History" . "History"@en . . . . . . "Electronic books" . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Accounts of women's transgressive behavior in eighteenth-century literature and social documents have much to teach us about constructions of femininity during the period often identified as having formed our society's gender norms. Lewd and Notorious explores the eighteenth century's shadows, inhabited by marginal women of many kinds and degrees of contrariness. The reader meets Laetitia Pilkington, whose sexual indiscretions caused her to fall from social and literary grace to become an articulate memoirist of personal scandal, and Elizabeth Brownrigg, who tortured and starved her young servants, propelling herself to an infamy comparable to Susan Smith's or Myra Hindley's. More awful women wait between these covers to teach us about society's reception (and construction) of their debauchery and dangerousness. The authors draw upon a rich range of contemporary texts to illuminate the lives of these women. Astute analysis of literary, legal, evangelical, epistolary, and political documents provides an understanding of 1700s womanhood. From lusty old maids to murderous mistresses, the characters who exemplify this period's vision of women on the edge are essential acquaintances for anyone wishing to understand the development and ramifications of conceptions of femininity. Katharine Kittredge is Associate Professor of English, Ithaca College." . . . . . "Livres électroniques" . . . . . . . "Lewd and notorious"@en . . "Lewd and notorious" . . . . . . . "Lewd & notorious : female transgression in the eighteenth century" . "Lewd And Notorious Female Transgression In The Eighteenth Century" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . . . . . . . "Lewd and notorious : female transgression in the eighteenth century" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Waldman, Gary" . . "Women and literature Great Britain History 18th century." . . "Vrouwelijke auteurs." . . "Alienation." . . "Frau Abweichendes Verhalten Motiv Englische Literatur." . . "Deviant behavior in literature." . . "Deviant behavior in literature" . "Crimes et criminels Dans la littérature." . . "Conduct of life in literature." . . "Conduct of life in literature" . "Literatur Grossbritannien Geschichte Englisch Frau Abweichendes Verhalten Geschichte 1700-1800 Kongress (Ithaca, 1994)" . . "Transgression Dans la littérature." . . "English literature 18th century History and criticism." . . "Großbritannien." . . "Great Britain" . . "Littérature anglaise 18e siècle Histoire et critique." . . "Englische Literatur Motiv Sexualität Frau." . . "Afwijkend gedrag." . . "Difference." . . "Dissenters in literature." . . "Dissenters in literature" . "English literature" . . "Englische Literatur Motiv Abweichendes Verhalten Frau." . . "LITERARY CRITICISM European English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh." . . "Alienation (Social psychology) in literature." . . "Alienation (Social psychology) in literature" . "English literature Women authors History and criticism." . . "Outsiders in literature." . . "Outsiders in literature" . "Difference (Psychology) in literature." . . "Difference (Psychology) in literature" . "Frau" . . "Women in literature." . . "Women in literature" . "Electronic books." . . "Abweichendes Verhalten." . . "Sexualität Frau Motiv Englische Literatur." . . "Letterkunde." . . "Female offenders in literature." . . "Female offenders in literature" . "Englische Literatur Motiv Frau Sexualität." . . "Englische Literatur Motiv Frau Abweichendes Verhalten." . . "Engels." . . "Außenseiterin." . . "Frau Sexualität Motiv Englische Literatur." . . "Kongress." . . "Abweichendes Verhalten Frau Motiv Englische Literatur." . . "Aliénation sociale Dans la littérature." . .