The Glamour of Freedom: Rethinking the Marriage Plot in Imogen Hermes Gowar’s The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock

This essay examines how Imogen Hermes Gowar’s novel The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock (2018) uses its eighteenth-century setting to rethink the literary device of the marriage plot. One key reason why historical novelists are interested in the eighteenth century is the new conception of freedom that form...

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Autore principale: Mathews, Peter D.
Natura: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lingua:Français
Pubblicazione: Études britanniques contemporaines 2025
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