Joinings and Disjoinings: The Significance of Marital Status in Literature

edited by JoAnna Stephens Mink and Janet Doubler Ward

University of Wisconsin Press, 1991

Cloth: 978-0-87972-523-5 | Paper: 978-0-87972-524-2

Library of Congress Classification PR149.M35J65 1991

Dewey Decimal Classification 820.9

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Joinings and Disjoinings illustrates the importance of marriage or singleness in short stories and novels and suggests the diverse perspectives the topic can provide on specific works and on analysis of the cultural importance of marriage and marital status. Essays discuss canonical and lesser-known works, providing social, historical, and literary context.

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