The Matrimonial Trap Eighteenth-Century Women Writers Redefine Marriage |
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| Author:
| Thomason, Laura E. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61148-526-4 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2013 |
| Publisher: | Bucknell University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $114.00 |
Book Description:
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Mary Delany's phrase "the matrimonial trap" illuminates the apprehension with which genteel women of the eighteenth century viewed marriage. These women were generally required to marry in order to secure their futures, yet hindered from freely choosing a husband. They faced marriage anxiously because they lacked the power either to avoid it or ......
Mary Delany's phrase "the matrimonial trap" illuminates the apprehension with which genteel women of the eighteenth century viewed marriage. These women were generally required to marry in order to secure their futures, yet hindered from freely choosing a husband. They faced marriage anxiously because they lacked the power either to avoid it or ......