Kelly Hager: 1 book
Dickens and the Rise of Divorce
The Failed-Marriage Plot and the Novel Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Questioning a literary history that, since Ian Watt's Rise of the Novel, has privileged the courtship plot, Kelly Hager proposes an equally powerful but overlooked narrative focusing on the failed marriage. Hager maps the legal history of marriage and divorce, providing crucial background as she reveals...
