Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-200) and index.
Contents:
Contextualizing the failed-marriage plot: Ian Watt, the domestic novel, and the law of marriage -- Monstrous marriage in early Dickens -- Making a spectacle of yourself, or, marriage as melodrama in Dombey and son -- Estranging David Copperfield -- Hard times and the indictment of marriage.
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