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01947aam a2200373 i 4500 001 B7DC94C6B81211E9A4E5754297128E48 003 SILO 005 20190806010914 008 181119s2019 vaua b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2018055276 020 $a 081394242X 020 $a 9780813942421 035 $a (OCoLC)1057306520 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d YDX $d IUL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-en 050 00 $a PR858 M36 G36 2019 100 1 $a Ganz, Melissa J., $d 1972- $e author. 245 10 $a Public vows : $b fictions of marriage in the English Enlightenment / $c Melissa J. Ganz. 264 1 $a Charlottesville : $b University of Virginia Press, $c 2019. 300 $a xii, 291 pages ; $c 25 cm 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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. 650 0 $a English fiction $y 18th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Marriage in literature. 650 0 $a Law in literature. 650 0 $a Marriage law $z England $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Literature and society $z England $x History $y 18th century. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210014919.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190905041651.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B7DC94C6B81211E9A4E5754297128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search