The Origins of the English Marriage Plot O'Connell Hardback 9781108485685

Name: The Origins of the English Marriage Plot O'Connell Hardback 9781108485685
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

The Origins of the English Marriage Plot\nby Lisa O'Connell\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Lisa O'Connell\nTitle: The Origins of the English Marriage Plot\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nPublication year: 2019\nISBN-13: 9781108485685\nISBN-10: 1108485685\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nWhy did marriage become central to the English novel in the eighteenth century? As clandestine weddings and the unruly culture that surrounded them began to threaten power and property, questions about where and how to marry became urgent matters of public debate. In 1753, in an unprecedented and contr.