The Adventures of Rivella

Manley, (Mary) Delarivier

ISBN 10: 1551111217 / ISBN 13: 9781551111216

Published by Broadview Press, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Adventures of Rivella
• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1551111217
• ISBN 13: 9781551111216
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Delarivier Manley is increasingly coming to the fore as a prominent figure in early eighteenth-century fiction, and The Adventures of Rivella in particular has been attracting attention not only as an important example of amatory fiction, but also as an early autobiographical novel. At one level, Sir Charles Lovemore tells the story of Rivella’s life to his friend, the Chevalier d’Aumont; at another, Manley uses the male persona to portray herself as an unrivalled literary goddess of love, repudiating conventional equations of woman, writer, and whore, and refusing to confuse chastity with moral integrity.

About the Author

Katherine Zelinsky currently teaches English at The University of Calgary and has published in the area of eighteenth-century fiction.