Spencer, Jane. <br/><br/>
The rise of the woman novelist :  from Aphra Behn to Jane Austen / 
Jane Spencer. 
 - Oxford, UK ;  New York, NY, USA :  Blackwell,  1986. 
 - xii, 225 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/> The woman novelist as heroine:  Wit's mild empire: the rise of women's writing --  Three self-portraits --  The terms of acceptance --  Heroines by women novelists:  Seduced heroines: the tradition of protest --  Reformed heroines: the didactic tradition --  Romance heroines, the tradiong of escape.  pt. 1.  1.  2.  3.  pt. 2.  4.  5.  6. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0631139168 (pbk.) :  $14.95 (U.S.) 9780631139164 (pbk.) 063113915X (hard) :  $50.00 (U.S.) 9780631139157 (hard) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>86004242 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB86-8570 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. <br/>Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 --Critique et interpr�etation.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.<br/>English fiction--History and criticism.--18th century<br/>Women and literature--History--Great Britain--18th century.<br/>Women in literature.<br/>Feminism and literature--Great Britain.<br/>Femmes dans la litt�erature.<br/>Roman anglais--Histoire et critique.<br/>Roman anglais--Histoire et critique.--18e si�ecle<br/>F�eminisme et litt�erature.<br/>�Ecrits de femmes am�ericains--Histoire et critique.<br/>�Ecrits de femmes anglais--Histoire et critique.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Fiction in English  Women writers, 1625-1837 - Critical studies 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR 113  / .S6 1986