Public vows : fictions of marriage in the English Enlightenment /

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"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"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ganz, Melissa J., 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019.
Temas:
1700-1799
English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
Marriage in literature.
Law in literature.
Marriage law > England > History > 18th century.
Literature and society > England > History > 18th century.
Roman anglais > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Mariage dans la littérature.
Droit dans la littérature.
Littérature et société > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Literature and society.
English fiction.
Marriage law.
England.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • Epilogue.

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