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Public vows : fictions of marriage in the English Enlightenment
Title
Public vows : fictions of marriage in the English Enlightenment / Melissa J. Ganz.
ISBN
9780813942421
081394242X
9780813942438
Publication
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019.
Physical Description
xii, 291 pages ; 25 cm
Summary
"This book examines how eighteenth-century novels engaged the period's dramatic changes in marriage law and helped shift the focus of discussion from the implications of nuptial law on society in general to the implications for women in particular"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 20, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: marriage, law, and the novel
Conjugal bonds: freedom and wedlock in Daniel Defoe
Nuptial plots: private unions and public pledges in Samuel Richardson
"Ah! stop! I consent to what you please!": secret matches and coerced unions in Frances Burney
"'Tis our hearts alone that can bind the vow": love and law from Fenwick to Wollstonecraft.
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