Public Vows
Subtitle: Fictions of Marriage in the English Enlightenment
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780813942421
Subjects: English fiction, history and criticism, 18th century; Marriage in literature; Law in literature; Marriage law, great britain; Literature and society
Description: "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"--