{"product_id":"a-happier-eden-the-politics-of-marriage-in-the-stuart-epithalamium-paperback","title":"A Happier Eden: The Politics of Marriage in the Stuart Epithalamium - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHeather Dubrow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Happier Eden\u003c\/i\u003e maps the largely unexplored terrain of the Stuart epithalamium, or wedding poem, focusing in particular on the complex attitudes toward marriage it reflects. Heather Dubrow examines responses to marriage, sexuality, and gender in the works of such seventeenth-century poets as Donne, Jonson, and Herrick, and traces the interplay between generic conventions and the dynamics of marriage. Shedding light on the tensions associated with wedlock in Stuart England, she also considers how they are variously repressed or resolved over a wide range of epithalamia.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDubrow's analysis of Stuart marriage departs from earlier accounts in emphasizing the coexistence of competing and conflicting ideologies. Rather than assuming, for example, that Protestant England privileged marriage over celibacy, she demonstrates that an older respect of both celibacy and virginity survived in many reaches of Stuart society. She also charts the interaction between generic traditions and cultural influences. The nature of marriage in Stuart England, she shows, influenced not only which generic norms poets emphasized but also how those norms were interpreted by contemporary readers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough concerned specifically with lyric and narrative poetry that celebrates weddings, \u003ci\u003eA Happier Eden\u003c\/i\u003e also traces parallels between that tradition and other types of drama and poetry. Comparing the epithalamia of Herrick and Jonson, she seeks to redefine the critical relationship between the two. Of special interest is an appendix containing Jackson Bryce's annotated translation-the first in English-of Julius Caesar Scaliger's sixteenth-century essay on the epithalamium (Book III, chapter 101 of his \u003ci\u003ePoetics\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeather Dubrow is Professor of English and the John D. Boyd, SJ Chair in Poetic Imagination at Fordham University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eEchoes of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeixis in the Early Modern English Lyric\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Challenges of Orpheus\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45837631586501,"sku":"9781501780639","price":77.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/xt0c8Oiu1l9781501780639.webp?v=1771282020","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/a-happier-eden-the-politics-of-marriage-in-the-stuart-epithalamium-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}