The JanuaryMay Marriage in Nineteenth-Century British Literature by E. Godfrey (

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By considering the disruptive potential of age disparate marriages in nineteenth-century British literature, Godfrey offers provocative new readings of canonical texts including Don Juan, Jane Eyre, and Bleak House.

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By considering the disruptive potential of age disparate marriages in nineteenth-century British literature, Godfrey offers provocative new readings of canonical texts including Don Juan, Jane Eyre, and Bleak House.

Author Biography

ESTHER GODFREY is Assistant Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature at the University of South Carolina-Upstate, USA. 

Table of Contents

Intergenerational Marriages in Literature and the Nineteenth-Century Context 'Old Enough to Be Her Father': Incest Narratives in Dickens Visualizing Power: Age, Embodiment, and Aesthetics The Horror of Ageing: The January-May Marriage as Gothic Nightmare Money Matters: Valuing Youth/Valuing Age January-May Love and the Sacrificial Ideal Conclusion: The January-May Marriage in Other Contexts

Review

"In her readings of primary materials, Godfrey skillfully unpacks the nuances of text and image. Her book provides a compelling account of the January-May marriage in Victorian literature and art. Those seeking a detailed discussion of middle-class gender and power in the nineteenth century will find that it repays close attention." - Victorian Studies"Reminding us how pervasive the representations of January-May marriages were in Victorian literature and the visual arts, from Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, and Bleak House to Tithonus, Pompilia, or Sir William Quiller Marriage Mariage de Convenance sequence of paintings, Godfrey expertly discloses their mobile, unsettling implications. If such marriages could suggest the traffic in women, they also underscored aging male bodies that rendered husbands vulnerable in the presence of young wives who might exercise desire - for wealth, status, or the attractions of younger men. Suggesting father-daughter incest in several of Dickens's narratives, the January-May marriage could also enact sacrificial or perverse love. Alert to the multiple valences of gender, power, and desire, Godfrey illuminates Victorian courtship and marriage narratives while also providing the historical back story of the trophy wife." - Linda K. Hughes, Addie Levy Professor of Literature, Texas Christian University

Review Quote

"Reminding us how pervasive the representations of January-May marriages were in Victorian literature and the visual arts, fromJane Eyre,Middlemarch, andBleak Houseto 'Tithonus,' 'Pompilia,' or Sir William Quiller Orchardson's 'Mariage de Convenance' sequence of paintings, Godfrey expertly discloses their mobile, unsettling implications.

Details ISBN0230606733 Short Title JANUARY MAY MARRIAGE IN 19TH C Pages 256 Language English ISBN-10 0230606733 ISBN-13 9780230606739 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2009 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.8093543 Place of Publication Basingstoke DOI 10.1604/9780230606739 Series Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters AU Release Date 2009-03-24 NZ Release Date 2009-03-24 UK Release Date 2009-03-24 Author E. Godfrey Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Publication Date 2009-03-24 Alternative 9781349374090 Illustrations 11 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 256 p. 11 illus. Audience General We've got this

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