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The January–May Marriage in Nineteenth-Century British Literature de E. Godfrey

The January–May Marriage in Nineteenth-Century British Literature

Autor E. Godfrey
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 mar 2009
By considering the disruptive potential of age disparate marriages in nineteenth-century British literature, Godfrey offers provocative new readings of canonical texts including Don Juan, Jane Eyre, and Bleak House.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780230606739
ISBN-10: 0230606733
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: XII, 256 p. 11 illus.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Ediția:2009
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan US
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Intergenerational Marriages in Literature and the Nineteenth-Century Context 'Old Enough to Be Her Father': Incest Narratives in Dickens Visualizing Power: Age, Embodiment, and Aesthetics The Horror of Ageing: The January-May Marriage as Gothic Nightmare Money Matters: Valuing Youth/Valuing Age January-May Love and the Sacrificial Ideal Conclusion: The January-May Marriage in Other Contexts

Recenzii

"In her readings of primary materials, Godfrey skillfully unpacks the nuances of text and image. Her book provides a compelling account of the January-May marriage in Victorian literature and art. Those seeking a detailed discussion of middle-class gender and power in the nineteenth century will find that it repays close attention." - Victorian Studies
"Reminding us how pervasive the representations of January-May marriages were in Victorian literature and the visual arts, from Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, and Bleak House to Tithonus, Pompilia, or Sir William Quiller Marriage Mariage de Convenance sequence of paintings, Godfrey expertly discloses their mobile, unsettling implications. If such marriages could suggest the traffic in women, they also underscored aging male bodies that rendered husbands vulnerable in the presence of young wives who might exercise desire - for wealth, status, or the attractions of younger men. Suggesting father-daughter incest in several of Dickens's narratives, the January-May marriage could also enact sacrificial or perverse love. Alert to the multiple valences of gender, power, and desire, Godfrey illuminates Victorian courtship and marriage narratives while also providing the historical back story of the trophy wife." - Linda K. Hughes, Addie Levy Professor of Literature, Texas Christian University

Notă biografică

ESTHER GODFREY is Assistant Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature at the University of South Carolina-Upstate, USA.