{"product_id":"marriage-writing-and-romanticism-9780804773652","title":"Marriage Writing and Romanticism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWalker reads conjugality as the compulsory ground of modern identity, an Enlightenment legacy we still grapple with today, and offers new perspectives on Austen, Wordsworth and other Romantics of the Regency period through theories of marriage in Godwin, Wollstonecraft, Hegel, Kierkegaard, and, in our time, Adam Phillips and Stanley Cavell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMarriage, Writing, and Romanticism\u003c\/i\u003e is provocative and intelligent—and stylish. It makes a substantial contribution to Austen and Wordsworth criticism and (with Cavell's help) turns 'marriage' into an unexpectedly fascinating philosophical problem, thereby opening a new angle on a significant portion of Romantic and post-Romantic literature.\" -- Celeste Langan, University of California\u003cbr\u003e\"[A]n impressive and groundbreaking project . . . \u003ci\u003eMarriage, Writing, and Romanticism\u003c\/i\u003e is an important book, erudite and painstakingly researched . . . Walker's point is well taken and pursued through the course of the book with energy, creativity and great scholarly rigor, offering genuine insight into overlooked representations of contested conjugality post-Waterloo.\" -- Thomas Schmid * \u003ci\u003eThe Wordsworth Circle\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"An important and stimulating study, Walker's \u003ci\u003eMarriage, Writing, and Romanticism\u003c\/i\u003e is erudite, beautifully written, and the result of a career-long investment in a variety of issues whose uncanny connectedness is perhaps paramount among the study's many virtues. It is as close to the paradigm of the scholarly book as a study is likely to get.\" -- William Galperin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents Acknowledgments\txxx A Note on Texts\txxx 1\tMapping Marriage \t1 2\tThe Muse of Indifference\t000 3\tMarriage and the End of War \t000 4\tMarriage and Siblings\t000 5\tMarriage and Friends\t000 6\tMarriage\t000 Appendix\t000  Notes\t000 Works Cited\t000","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405592109399,"sku":"9780804773652","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804773652.jpg?v=1730492940","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/marriage-writing-and-romanticism-9780804773652","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}