Romance’s Rival: Familiar Marriage in Victorian Fiction by Talia Shaffer, Oxford University, Press, ISBN: 978019046509

Heidi Turner

Abstract


Romance’s Rival provides a re-reading of Victorian marriage plots as pursuing goals other than passion. It argues for familiar marriage, or the marriage of those close to one another, whether in proximity, familiarity, or blood relations, as a preferred alternative to romantic marriage in the Victorian period. The new categories introduced are neighbor marriage, cousin marriage, disability marriage, and vocational marriage, all allowing women different kinds of agency, community, protection, and purpose.


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