{"product_id":"irregular-unions-katharine-cleland-9781501753473","title":"Irregular Unions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatharine Cleland's\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrregular Unions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eprovides the first sustained literary history of clandestine marriage in early modern England and reveals its controversial nature in the wake of the Elizabethan Religious Settlement, which standardized the marriage ritual for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e Cleland examines many examples of clandestine marriage across genres. Discussing such classic works as \u003ci\u003eThe Faerie Queene\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOthello\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e, she argues that early modern authors used clandestine marriage to explore the intersection between the self and the marriage ritual in post-Reformation England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ways in which authors grappled with the political and social complexities of clandestine marriage, Cleland finds, suggest that these narratives were far more than interesting plot devices or scandalous stories ripped from the headlines. Instead, after the Reformation, fictions of clandestine marriage allowed early modern authors to explore topics of identity formation in new and different ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThanks to generous funding from Virginia Tech and its participation in TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem), the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu\/cornell-open) and other repositories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katharine Cleland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501753479\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501753473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Katharine Cleland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987518095615,"sku":"9781501753473","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f6fa62d8-6053-455f-bf7b-9e35b1cadf12.jpg?v=1683289462","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/irregular-unions-katharine-cleland-9781501753473","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}