Epicures in rural pleasures: desire, dissent and sentimental economy in Sarah Scott's Millennium Hall

PEACE, Mary (2002). Epicures in rural pleasures: desire, dissent and sentimental economy in Sarah Scott's Millennium Hall. Women's writing, 9 (2), 305-316.

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Abstract

This article examines the politics of female pleasure in Millenium Hallboth in relation to the contemporary economic theories with which it engages, and in the light of the anonymous Histories of Some of the Penitents in the Magdalen-Houseupon which Scott's text is substantially modelled. When read in these contexts, this article suggests that the much vaunted pleasures of the ladies of Millenium Hallappear decidedly penitential. The argument is framed by a discussion of the problematic status of influential but “conservative” female writers for feminist scholarship.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	<P>PEACE, Mary (2002). Epicures in rural pleasures: desire, dissent and sentimental economy in Sarah Scott's Millennium Hall. <I>Women's writing</>. <B>9</B>(2), 305-316 </p> <p>© Routledge
Research Institute, Centre or Group:	Humanities Research Centre
Identification Number:	10.1080/09699080200200169
Depositing User:	Ann Betterton
Date Deposited:	20 Jul 2009
Last Modified:	09 Jul 2010 16:46
URI:	http://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/561

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