Searching the Heart Women, Men, and Romantic Love in Nineteenth-Century America

Name: Searching the Heart Women, Men, and Romantic Love in Nineteenth-Century America
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ISBN: 9780195074765

ISBN-10: 0195074769

ISBN-13: 9780195074765

Edition: 1989

Authors: Karen Lystra

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This is well-argued study of romantic love between men and women in nineteenth-century America. Lystra discusses middle-class ideas of love in terms of their contribution to American individualism, to the secularization of American life, and to women's empowerment in the home through sharing knowledge and intimacy with men.

Book details

List price: $83.00
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/25/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 9.25" wide x 6.14" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Introduction



The "Pen Is the Tongue of the Absent": Reading and Writing Nineteenth-Century Love Letters



Falling in Love: Individualism and the Romantic Self



"Lie Still and Think of the Empire": Sexuality in Victorian Courtship and Marriage



Secrecy, Sin, and Sexual Enticement: The Integration of Public and Private Life Worlds



Blurring Separate Spheres: Sex-Role Boundaries and Behavior



Testing Romantic Love: Victorian Courtship Rituals and the Dramas of Private Life



Husbands and Wives: Duty-Bound Roles and Unaccountable Love



Not for God Only: Patriarchy, Religion, and Romantic Love


Notes


Manuscript Collections


Victorian Advice-Book Bibliography


Index