TY - BOOK AU - Spencer,Jane TI - The rise of the woman novelist: from Aphra Behn to Jane Austen SN - 0631139168 (pbk.) : AV - PR 113 .S6 1986 PY - 1986/// CY - Oxford, UK, New York, NY, USA PB - Blackwell KW - Behn, Aphra, KW - Austen, Jane, KW - English fiction KW - Women authors KW - History and criticism KW - 18th century KW - Women and literature KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Women in literature KW - Feminism and literature KW - Femmes dans la litt�erature KW - Roman anglais KW - Histoire et critique KW - 18e si�ecle KW - F�eminisme et litt�erature KW - �Ecrits de femmes am�ericains KW - �Ecrits de femmes anglais KW - Fiction in English KW - Women writers, 1625-1837 - Critical studies N1 - Includes bibliographies and index; pt. 1; The woman novelist as heroine; 1; Wit's mild empire: the rise of women's writing --; 2; Three self-portraits --; 3; The terms of acceptance --; pt. 2; Heroines by women novelists; 4; Seduced heroines: the tradition of protest --; 5; Reformed heroines: the didactic tradition --; 6; Romance heroines, the tradiong of escape ER -