IN the introduction I argue that the double-proposal plot is inherently likely to destabilize readers' notions of love and marriage, since by its very structure it calls into question easy cliches of "the right suitor" and "true love."
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Plots and Proposals
American Women's Fiction, 1850-90
by Karen Tracey
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Feminism and literature, Courtship in literature, Sex role in literature, History and criticism, Marriage in literature, Women's rights in literature, Women authors, Women and literature, American fiction, In literature, History, American literature, women authors, American literature, history and criticism, 19th century, Literature, stories, plots, etc., Histoire, Écrits de femmes américains, Droits, dans la littérature, Frauenroman, Amours dans la littérature, Femmes, Femmes et littérature, Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature, Literature, Roman américain, Histoire et critique, Liebeswerben, Féminisme et littérature, Mariage dans la littérature, États-Unis (Sud) dans la littératurePlaces
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Plots and proposals: American women's fiction, 1850-90
2000, University of Illinois Press
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Plots and Proposals: American Women's Fiction, 1850-90
December 20, 1999, University of Illinois Press
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Plots and Proposals: American Women's Fiction, 1850-90
December 1, 1999, University of Illinois Press
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