{"product_id":"9781526188854","title":"Courting Disaster","description":"Author: Zoe McGee\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526188854\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Dec 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat do #MeToo and Jane Austen have in common? More than you might think.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEver since the novel was invented, women have used it as a platform for sharing ideas about sexual consent. Dr Zoe McGee reveals how Jane Austen, Frances Burney and their now-overlooked contemporaries used their stories to try to change society's mind about rape culture  and to reassure survivors they were not alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCourting Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e takes a timely deep-dive into a series of classic novels, comparing them with both historic court records and current events to show that our arguments about consent are not a new phenomenon. With the wit and wryness of a courtship novel, McGee reads between the lines to unveil a quiet feminist movement that still resonates today. Because every novel about marriage is also a novel about consent. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an era that's clamouring for a return to the values of the past, \u003ci\u003eCourting Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e asks what that would really mean, and whether anyone actually liked it back then anyway...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46830031667358,"sku":"ADS-9781526188854","price":49.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526188854.jpg?v=1778558445","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526188854","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}