While Victorian tourism and Victorian sexuality have been the subject of much critical interest, there has been little research on a characteristically nineteenth-century phenomenon relating to both sex and travel: the honeymoon, or wedding journey. Although the term 'honeymoon' was coined...

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1. Verfasser:	Michie, Helena (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2006
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture 53
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1800-1900 Geschichte Honeymoons / Great Britain / History / 19th century Honeymoons in literature English fiction / 19th century / History and criticism Literatur Hochzeitsreise Hochzeit > Motiv Englisch Hochzeit Großbritannien Great Britain / History / Victoria, 1837-1901
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Zusammenfassung:	While Victorian tourism and Victorian sexuality have been the subject of much critical interest, there has been little research on a characteristically nineteenth-century phenomenon relating to both sex and travel: the honeymoon, or wedding journey. Although the term 'honeymoon' was coined in the eighteenth century, the ritual increased in popularity throughout the Victorian period, until by the end of the century it became a familiar accompaniment to the wedding for all but the poorest classes. Using letters and diaries of 61 real-life honeymooning couples, as well as novels from Frankenstein to Middlemarch that feature honeymoon scenarios, Michie explores the cultural meanings of the honeymoon, arguing that, with its emphasis on privacy and displacement, the honeymoon was central to emerging ideals of conjugality and to ideas of the couple as a primary social unit
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Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xxi, 259 pages)
ISBN:	9780511484889
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511484889