Jarenski talks about the political, social and educational values behind the creation of seduction novels. She starts by giving an extensive narrative of the “contemporary anxieties over the education of women and narratives of female seduction” (59). She then proceeds to address the social and political influences over these novelists or narratives. Throughout her narration, she protrudes the question or the existing debate of whether women should have an education and if yes, how should they be educated (59). Based on the information she extends to the reader, she presents her opinion of the function and intention of the seduction novels during this time.
According to Jarenski, the debate of whether women should have an education and how
According to Jarenski, the debate of whether women should have an education and how