After Marriage In The Long Eighteenth Century: Literature, Law And Society After Marriage In The Long 18th Century

This book examines the intersections between the ways that marriage was represented in eighteenth-century writing and art, experienced in society, and regulated by law. The interdisciplinary and comparative essays explore the marital experience beyond the ‘matrimonial barrier’ to encompass representations of married life including issues of spousal abuse, parenting, incest, infidelity and the period after the end of marriage, to include annulment, widowhood and divorce. The chapters range from these focuses on legal and social histories of marriage to treatments of marriage in eighteenth-century periodicals, to depictions of married couples and families in eighteenth-century art, to parallels in French literature and diaries, to representations of violence and marriage in Gothic novels, and to surveys of same-sex partnerships. The volume is aimed towards students and scholars working in the long eighteenth century, gender studies, women’s writing, publishing history, and art and legal historians. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv After Marriage in the Long Eighteenth Century: Introduction (Jenny DiPlacidi)....Pages 1-19 Undoing the Marriage: The Resort to Annulment (Rebecca Probert)....Pages 21-40 Bearing Grudges: Marital Conflict and the Intergenerational Family (Joanne Begiato)....Pages 41-63 Handsome, Gallant, Gentle, Rich: Before and After Marriage in the Tales of Charles Perrault (James Fowler)....Pages 65-89 ‘Knights of Matrimony’‚ Christian Duty and Millenium Hall (Robin Runia)....Pages 91-105 ‘Be but a Little Deaf and Blind ... and Happiness You’ll Surely Find’: Marriage in Eighteenth-Century Magazines for Women (Jennie Batchelor)....Pages 107-127 The Making and Breaking of Wedlock: Visualising Jane, Duchess of Gordon After Marriage (Heather Carroll)....Pages 129-157 Rearticulating the Economics of Exchange: Incest and After Marriage in the Gothic (Jenny DiPlacidi)....Pages 159-179 Marriage and its Queer Identifications in the Anne Lister Diaries (Chris Roulston)....Pages 181-203 Back Matter ....Pages 205-214 Annotation This text examines the intersections between the ways that marriage was represented in 18th-century writing and art, experienced in society, and regulated by law. The interdisciplinary and comparative essays explore the marital experience beyond the 'matrimonial barrier' to encompass representations of married life including issues of spousal abuse, parenting, incest, infidelity and the period after the end of marriage, to include annulment, widowhood and divorce. The chapters range from these focuses on legal and social histories of marriage to treatments of marriage in 18th-century periodicals, to depictions of married couples and families in 18th-century art, to parallels in French literature and diaries, to representations of violence and marriage in Gothic novels, and to surveys of same-sex partnerships Jenny Diplacidi, Karl Leydecker, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.