Eric C. Walker is Professor of English at Florida State University.

"An important and stimulating study, Walker's Marriage, Writing, and Romanticism is erudite, beautifully written, and the result of a career-long investment in a variety of issues whose uncanny connectedness is perhaps paramount among the study's many virtues. It is as close to the paradigm of the scholarly book as a study is likely to get." - William Galperin (Rutgers University) "Marriage, Writing, and Romanticism is provocative and intelligent—and stylish. It makes a substantial contribution to Austen and Wordsworth criticism and (with Cavell's help) turns 'marriage' into an unexpectedly fascinating philosophical problem, thereby opening a new angle on a significant portion of Romantic and post-Romantic literature." - Celeste Langan, University of California (Berkeley) "[A]n impressive and groundbreaking project . . . Marriage, Writing, and Romanticism is an important book, erudite and painstakingly researched . . . Walker's point is well taken and pursued through the course of the book with energy, creativity and great scholarly rigor, offering genuine insight into overlooked representations of contested conjugality post-Waterloo." - Thomas Schmid (The Wordsworth Circle)

• Contents Acknowledgmentsxxx A Note on Textsxxx 1Mapping Marriage 1 2The Muse of Indifference000 3Marriage and the End of War 000 4Marriage and Siblings000 5Marriage and Friends000 6Marriage000 Appendix000 Notes000 Works Cited000

Eric C. Walker is Professor of English at Florida State University.

"An important and stimulating study, Walker's Marriage, Writing, and Romanticism is erudite, beautifully written, and the result of a career-long investment in a variety of issues whose uncanny connectedness is perhaps paramount among the study's many virtues. It is as close to the paradigm of the scholarly book as a study is likely to get." - William Galperin (Rutgers University) "Marriage, Writing, and Romanticism is provocative and intelligent—and stylish. It makes a substantial contribution to Austen and Wordsworth criticism and (with Cavell's help) turns 'marriage' into an unexpectedly fascinating philosophical problem, thereby opening a new angle on a significant portion of Romantic and post-Romantic literature." - Celeste Langan, University of California (Berkeley) "[A]n impressive and groundbreaking project . . . Marriage, Writing, and Romanticism is an important book, erudite and painstakingly researched . . . Walker's point is well taken and pursued through the course of the book with energy, creativity and great scholarly rigor, offering genuine insight into overlooked representations of contested conjugality post-Waterloo." - Thomas Schmid (The Wordsworth Circle)

• Contents Acknowledgmentsxxx A Note on Textsxxx 1Mapping Marriage 1 2The Muse of Indifference000 3Marriage and the End of War 000 4Marriage and Siblings000 5Marriage and Friends000 6Marriage000 Appendix000 Notes000 Works Cited000

Eric C. Walker is Professor of English at Florida State University.

"An important and stimulating study, Walker's Marriage, Writing, and Romanticism is erudite, beautifully written, and the result of a career-long investment in a variety of issues whose uncanny connectedness is perhaps paramount among the study's many virtues. It is as close to the paradigm of the scholarly book as a study is likely to get." - William Galperin (Rutgers University) "Marriage, Writing, and Romanticism is provocative and intelligent—and stylish. It makes a substantial contribution to Austen and Wordsworth criticism and (with Cavell's help) turns 'marriage' into an unexpectedly fascinating philosophical problem, thereby opening a new angle on a significant portion of Romantic and post-Romantic literature." - Celeste Langan, University of California (Berkeley) "[A]n impressive and groundbreaking project . . . Marriage, Writing, and Romanticism is an important book, erudite and painstakingly researched . . . Walker's point is well taken and pursued through the course of the book with energy, creativity and great scholarly rigor, offering genuine insight into overlooked representations of contested conjugality post-Waterloo." - Thomas Schmid (The Wordsworth Circle)

• Contents Acknowledgmentsxxx A Note on Textsxxx 1Mapping Marriage 1 2The Muse of Indifference000 3Marriage and the End of War 000 4Marriage and Siblings000 5Marriage and Friends000 6Marriage000 Appendix000 Notes000 Works Cited000