Narrating marriage in eighteenth-century England and France:
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Beteilige Person: Roulston, Christine (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Farnham, Surrey, England Ashgate Pub. 2010
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Advice literature and the meaning of marriage. Early advice literature on marriage ; From obedience to mutuality ; Marriage versus courtship and romance ; French advice literature and conjugal sexuality ; Promoting divorce in ancien régime France ; Marrying the ideal and the real ; Marriage and gender boundaries -- Accounting for marriage. Richardson and the composition of Pamela ; Pamela and narrative accountability ; Rousseau and the strategy of marriage ; Julie and marital accountability -- Marriage and the colonial imagination -- Disruptive wives and the balance of power -- Narrating wife-abuse -- Having it both ways : the eighteenth-century ménage-à-trois
Chris Roulston analyzes how in the 18th century, as representations of married life increased, they challenged the traditional courtship model, offering narratives based on repetition rather than progression
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (240 p.)
ISBN:9780754668398
0754668398
9781409402541
1409402541
9781409404392
1409404390