Our Coquettes - Theresa Braunschneider - Bog

Before 1660, English readers and theatergoers had never heard of a coquette; by the early 1700s, they could hardly watch a play, or peruse a newspaper without encountering one. Why does British literature of this period pay so much attention to vain and flirtatious young women? This title examines the ubiquity of the coquette in the 18th century.