Williams, Muriel Brittain

Marriage: Fielding's Mirror of Morality

Softcover, University, Alabama: The University of Alabama Press, 1973. First Edition. Very Good+. "One of the most vocal debates of the eighteenth century revolved around two fundamental concepts of morality: Should marriage be based on romantic love or on prudential considerations; should the parent or the child have the right of picking the marriage partner? No other single author of the century provides so rich and so comprehensive a body of material for examining these issues as Henry Fielding...With laudable skill and insight, Dr. Williams traces Fielding's progress as a moralist from his early plays, in which he capitalized on the prevailing attitudes toward marriage, through his great novels, in which he attacked and possibly helped to reform those attitudes." - from the back cover. Ships same or next business day. Book plate of noted collector Rolland Comstock inside front cover. Head-edge is lightly soiled. 2-inch ink mark on front cover. Three small rubbed spots on front cover. Protected in an archival sleeve. ; Studies in the Humanities; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 168 pages. [Item #51850]

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