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Romance's Rival

- Familiar Marriage in Victorian Fiction

About Romance's Rival

Challenging conventional understandings of the marriage plot in Victorian fiction, Romance's Rival re-reads classic novels by Jane Austen, the Brontes, George Eliot, Anthony Trollope, and others to shed new light on the consistent tension between erotic desire and familiar security in the love matches that occur throughout the period's fiction.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780190887414
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 354
  • Published:
  • January 9, 2019
  • Dimensions:
  • 235x158x19 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 552 g.
Delivery: 1-2 weeks
Expected delivery: December 12, 2024

Description of Romance's Rival

Challenging conventional understandings of the marriage plot in Victorian fiction, Romance's Rival re-reads classic novels by Jane Austen, the Brontes, George Eliot, Anthony Trollope, and others to shed new light on the consistent tension between erotic desire and familiar security in the love matches that occur throughout the period's fiction.

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