{"product_id":"american-realist-fictions-of-marriage-9781433128684","title":"American Realist Fictions of Marriage","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Realist Fictions of Marriage: From Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton to Frances Harper, Pauline Hopkins\u003c\/em\u003e intervenes in the field of American literary realism by arguing that selected marriage fiction of Kate Chopin, Frances Harper, Pauline Hopkins, Williams Dean Howells, Emma Dunham-Kelly, and Edith Wharton interrogates the possibility of harmonious societies based on racial, gender, and social equality. \u003ci\u003eMegda \u003c\/i\u003e(1891), \u003ci\u003eAn Imperative Duty\u003c\/i\u003e (1891), \u003ci\u003eIola Leroy\u003c\/i\u003e (1892), \u003ci\u003eThe Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e (1899), \u003ci\u003eContending Forces\u003c\/i\u003e (1900), and \u003ci\u003eThe House of Mirth\u003c\/i\u003e (1905) express suspicion about marriage and its potential consequences. These six novels use marriage as a forum to explore the problem of the color line, sexism, and class difference that promoted social boundaries. These novels demonstrate how choices about marriage made by female protagonists are metaphorical representations of social equality while simultaneously revealing threats to that ideal visi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface – Acknowledgments – Introduction: Realism and the Value of Marriage on an American Scene – Conversion, Marriage, and Realism in Emma Kelley’s \u003ci\u003eMegda \u003c\/i\u003eand Kate Chopin’s \u003ci\u003eThe Awakening – \u003c\/i\u003eMarriage on the \"Color Line\" in Frances E. W. Harper’s \u003ci\u003eIola Leroy \u003c\/i\u003eand William Dean Howells’s \u003ci\u003eAn Imperative Duty – \u003c\/i\u003eRealism, Romance, and Questions of Marital Eligibility in Pauline Hopkins’s \u003ci\u003eContending Forces \u003c\/i\u003eand Edith Wharton’s \u003ci\u003eThe House of Mirth – \u003c\/i\u003eConclusion: Realist Delineations of Married Life – Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039579636055,"sku":"9781433128684","price":72.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433128684.jpg?v=1750944157","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-realist-fictions-of-marriage-9781433128684","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}