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Subject(s)

• Theater—Germany—History—18th century [Browse]
• Marriage in literature [Browse]
• Gender identity in literature [Browse]

Series

• Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture ; v. 112. [More in this series]
• Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture ; v. 112

Summary note

The new literary comedies of the 1740s propagated a new sentimental discourse promoting marriage based on love while devaluing the traditional socioeconomic foundations of marriage. Yet in a number of these same comedies, alternative gender roles and sexual behaviors call the primacy of marriage into question. Edward T. Potter examines this marital discourse in close readings of such plays, uncovering the ambiguity of eighteenth-century comedy's stance on marriage and highlighting its resistance to the emerging discourse of the sentimental marriage.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Source of description

Print version record.

ISBN

• 9781571138248 ((electronic bk.))
• 1571138242 ((electronic bk.))

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