375pp ISBN 0820314749 From 1650 to 1800 in England, notions about marriage underwent significant change. The new model that arose--the companionate ideal--emphasized a couple's compatibility in age, temperament, and background and celebrated the husband and wife as affectionate friends, lovers, and parents. The companionate ideal became a central feature in what some historians see as the emergence of the nuclear family and the rise of domesticity. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover).

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Title: MAKING A HEAVEN OF HELL: THE PROBLEM OF THE COMPANIONATE IDEAL IN ENGLISH MARRIAGE POETRY, 1650-1800
Publisher: University of Georgia Press (1993) 1st ptg, Athens, GA
Binding: HC
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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