- Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 334 pages)
- Summary
- "Academic study about marriage and courtship in the Victorian novel. It discusses works by Jane Austen, George Eliot, Charlotte Yonge, and Margaret Oliphant, among others" --
- Uniform Title
- Romance's rival (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Romance's rival (Online)
- Familiar marriage in Victorian fiction
- Marriage in Victorian fiction
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-313) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Preface -- Acknowledgments --Theorizing Victorian marriage -- Historicizing marriage, developing the marriage plot -- Neighbor marriage: loving the squire -- Cousin marriage: reading on the contrary -- Disability marriage: communities of care in the Victorian novel -- Vocational marriage, or, why marriage doesn't work.
- LCCN
- 2015024576
- OCLC
- ssj0001645678
- Author
Schaffer, Talia, 1968-
- Title
Romance's rival [electronic resource] : familiar marriage in Victorian fiction / Talia Schaffer.
- Imprint
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-313) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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