Promising language
betrothal in Victorian law and fiction
by Randall Craig
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"Promising Language explores the linguistic and social ramifications of promising, and specifically promising to marry, in Victorian fiction.
The concept of the promise - as speech act, as social practice and legal contract, and as structural principle and topos - lies at the intersection of several emergent nineteenth-century discourses: the science of language (notably etymology and philology), utilitarian jurisprudence (especially the freedom of contract applied to personal relations), and the aesthetics of the novel (predominantly realism).
With this in mind, Craig offers new readings of several classic Victorian novels, including Pickwick Papers, Jane Eyre, Adam Bede, The Egoist, and The Wings of the Dove."--BOOK JACKET.
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19th century, Betrothal, Betrothal in literature, Courtship in literature, English Legal stories, English Love stories, English fiction, Great Britain, History, History and criticism, Law and legislation, Love stories, English, Marriage in literature, Promises in literature, English Romance fiction, Literature, history and criticism, Marriage law, great britainPlaces
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Promising language: betrothal in Victorian law and fiction
2000, State University of New York Press, SUNY Press
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Promising Language: Betrothal in Victorian Law and Fiction
December 1999, State University of New York Press
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Promising Language: Betrothal in Victorian Law and Fiction
December 1999, State University of New York Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-324) and index.
"Cases cited": p. 325.
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