Dickens and the rise of divorce : the failed-marriage plot and the novel tradition /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hager, Kelly
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Farnhma, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2010]
Subjects:	Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Criticism and interpretation. Domestic fiction, English > History and criticism. Divorce in literature. Marriage in literature. Divorce > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Marriage > Great Britain > History > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

Contextualizing the failed-marriage plot: Ian Watt, the domestic novel, and the law of marriage
Monstrous marriage in early Dickens
Making a spectacle of yourself, or, marriage as melodrama in Dombey and son
Estranging David Copperfield
Hard times and the indictment of marriage.