03937cam a2200577 i 45000010014000000030008000140050017000220060019000390070015000580080041000730400031001140200035001450200032001800200042002120200039002540200035002930200032003280200029003600200029003890240031004180350022004490350024004710500021004950720025005160720025005410720025005660720016005911000032006072450119006392640058007582640011008163000057008273360026008843370026009103380036009364900037009725201768010095880047027776500026028246500025028506500031028756500028029066500026029346500030029606500054029906500061030446500042031058300038031478560072031858560102032579781003504238FlBoTFG20251030122256.0m     o  d        cr cnu---unuuu240828t20252025nyua    ob    001 0 eng    aOCoLC-PbengerdacOCoLC-P  a9781003504238qelectronic book  a100350423Xqelectronic book  a9781040254752qelectronic publication  a1040254756qelectronic publication  a9781040254707qelectronic book  a1040254705qelectronic book  z9781032817408qhardcover  z9781032823843qpaperback7 a10.4324/97810035042382doi  a(OCoLC)1453723434  a(OCoLC-P)145372343404aPR447b.R39 2025 7aLITx0200002bisacsh 7aLITx0000002bisacsh 7aLITx0250502bisacsh 7aDSA2bicssc1 aReesman, Linda L.,eauthor.14aThe social imagination of the Romantic wife in literature :bmarriage, virtue, and friendship /cLinda L. Reesman. 1aNew York :bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group,c2025. 4c©2025  a1 online resource (xxi, 181 pages) :billustrations.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aRoutledge studies in Romanticism  a"The emergence of social change in the daily lives of English society appeared most noticeably through the Romantic-era response of human emotions to a period of reason that has defined the era of Enlightenment, scientifically and philosophically. Remarkably, the dramatic political shift that occurred in 1789 from a French monarchy to a constitutional democracy foreshadowed social changes to the family unit that were more slowly evolving throughout England during the eighteenth century. An intellectual movement to educate all members of society strengthened efforts to loosen ecclesiastical control allowing more secular definitions of social roles to emerge. The nature of marriage during this period in England is central to understanding how the marriage covenant became a widely accepted civil contract. Examining the sentiments of passion and virtue, the dynamics of traditional marriage emerge through newly established perspectives. The role of the wife as a Romantic-era concept tells the story of two women through their married lives and literary identities. The social imagination provides a new perspective on domestic concerns to illuminate a feminine aspect of the literary market through an understanding of the ordinary wife among female writers. Moreover, this study specifically focuses on marriage, virtue, and friendship as seen through two marriage relationships, and an examination of the individuals that define both traditional and non-conforming approaches to their domestic lives. Two husbands who were political and religious activists with wives who were atypical domestics were chosen to exemplify the effects of social change on their particular lives and marital roles in an expanding literary world"--cProvided by publisher.  aOCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record. 0aRomanticismzEngland. 0aWives in literature. 0aSocial role in literature. 0aMarriage in literature. 0aVirtue in literature. 0aFriendship in literature. 0aEnglish literaturey18th centuryxSocial aspects. 0aEnglish literaturey18th centuryxHistory and criticism. 7aLITERARY CRITICISM / General2bisacsh 0aRoutledge studies in romanticism.403Taylor & Francisuhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003504238423OCLC metadata license agreementuhttp://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf