'So Lovely A Skin Scarified With Rods': 'Modern Notions in Fielding's The Female Husband (original) (raw)

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  1. Fielding's The Female Husband reflects anxieties about gender and sexuality in early modern England.
  2. Transgression serves as a critical lens for examining eroticism in both Fielding and Bataille's works.
  3. The text explores the relationship between taboo and transgression, blurring lines of gender and sexuality.
  4. Fielding's metaphors demonstrate a fluidity that challenges traditional notions of masculinity and femininity.
  5. The narrative encourages readers to engage with the complexities of desire and its representation in literature.

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