Lexington Books
Pages: 154
Trim: 6½ x 9¼
978-1-7936-2585-4 • Hardback • March 2022 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
978-1-7936-2586-1 • eBook • February 2022 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Katherine Byrne is lecturer of English at Ulster University.
Julie Anne Taddeo is research professor of history at University of Maryland.
Chapter One: Rape Fantasy and the “Lawless” Eighteenth Century: Poldark and Banished
Chapter Two: Rape Responses, Romance, and Rape-Revenge
Chapter Three: “Dismissed, ignored, and woefully underreported”: Male Rape in Bridgerton and Outlander
Chapter Four: Rape as a Weapon of War: Das Boot and A Place to Call Home
Chapter Five: Procurement and Period Drama: Rape for Money in Harlots
Chapter Six: “If you can’t rape your wife, who can you rape?”: Marital Rape in The Forsyte Saga and Poldark
Chapter Seven: Rape and the Older Woman