The Matrimonial Trap Eighteenth-Century Women Writers Redefine Marriage |
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| Author:
| Thomason, Laura E. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61148-527-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Bucknell University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $79.99 |
Book Description:
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The Matrimonial Trap examines the ways in which six women writers of the long eighteenth century used public and private writing to redefine marriage as an egalitarian relationship. Their writing reveals their participation in and reactions to a larger sense of crisis about marriage in eighteenth-century society.
The Matrimonial Trap examines the ways in which six women writers of the long eighteenth century used public and private writing to redefine marriage as an egalitarian relationship. Their writing reveals their participation in and reactions to a larger sense of crisis about marriage in eighteenth-century society.