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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Matrimonial Trap The Matrimonial Trap Laura E. Thomason Mary Delany’s phrase “the matrimonial trap” illuminates the apprehension with which genteel women of the eighteenth century viewed marriage. These women were generally required to marry in order to s… OL16815755W
Romanticism Romanticism Nicholas Roe "This book is a guide of the Romantic field. It includes 46 chapters offering background and contextual information with detailed readings of Romantic texts. The volume is divided into four parts - '… OL18205573W
Jane Austen, Game Theorist Jane Austen, Game Theorist Michael Suk-Young Chwe Game theory—the study of how people make choices while interacting with others—is one of the most popular technical approaches in social science today. But as Michael Chwe reveals in his insightful n… OL19367045W
Paradise Lost and the Romantic Reader Paradise Lost and the Romantic Reader Lucy Newlyn Was Milton on the side of the angels or the devils? Was he republican or anti-republican, feminist or misogynist? Did he value innocence or experience? This book shows how the Romantic reader respond… OL4273099W
The most disreputable trade The most disreputable trade Thomas Frank Bonnell "A publishing phenomenon began in Glasgow in 1765. Uniform pocket editions of the English Poets printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis formed the first link in a chain of literary products that has grow… OL5668216W