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Author:

Seidman, Naomi, author.

Title:

The marriage plot : or, how Jews fell in love with love, and with literature / Naomi Seidman.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

x, 354 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Jewish literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Jewish literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Jewish marriage customs and rites--History.
Marriage customs and rites in literature.
Love in literature.
Sex in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : plotting Jewish marriage -- A sentimental education -- Matchmaking and modernity -- Pride and pedigree -- The choreography of courtship -- In-laws and outlaws -- Sex and segregation -- After marriage, an afterword.

Series:

Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture

ISBN:

0804798435
9780804798433
0804799679
9780804799676

OCLC:

(OCoLC)928750885

LCCN:

2015043515

Locations:

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