{"product_id":"9781438400563","title":"Virginal Sexuality and Textuality in Victorian Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the figure of the virgin, a symbol central to many aspects of society and sexuality in nineteenth-century England, and its effects on the Victorian literary imagination. Studying the virgin as a social, sexual, and literary phenomenon, the volume contributes to current critical accounts of the relations among the body and language, gender, and discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese essays explore the ways in which virginity is not a natural ideal but a complex cultural and literary sign. The authors rethink the virginal as a textual counter-example to the idealization of “natural sexuality.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47142599491824,"sku":"9781438400563","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781438400563_p0.jpg?v=1763753857","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781438400563","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}