Sexual Selection and Female Choice in Austen’s Northanger Abbey
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DOI: 10.1353/sdn.2018.0038
Abstract: Abstract:Catherine Morland, the protagonist of Northanger Abbey, is often regarded as Austen’s least appealing heroine, considered not just naïve but unintelligent. An examination of Catherine’s behavior through the lens of evolutionary theory, however, reveals her… read more here.
Keywords: female choice; choice austen; sexual selection; northanger abbey ... See more keywords