Public Vows: Fictions Of Marriage In The English Enlightenment

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--

• | Author: Melissa J. Ganz
• | Publisher: University Of Virginia Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 20, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 308 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Law
• | ISBN-10: 081394242X
• | ISBN-13: 9780813942421