
The Circus and Victorian Society
Brenda Assael
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Capacious Desire in the Eighteenth Century
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Before 1660, English readers and theatergoers had never heard of a "coquette"; by the early 1700s, they could hardly watch a play, read a poem, or peruse a newspaper without encountering one. Why does British literature of this period pay so much attention to vain and flirtatious young women?
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