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Author:

Ganz, Melissa J., 1972- author.

Title:

Public vows : fictions of marriage in the English Enlightenment / Melissa J. Ganz.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xii, 291 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

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.

Notes:

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.

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.

ISBN:

081394242X
9780813942421

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1057306520

LCCN:

2018055276

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)