Peril and Protection in British Courtship Novels

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Geri Giebel Chavis received an M.A. and Ph.D. from Syracuse University with specialties in British Romanticism, the Victorian Period, and American Literature from 1840-1920. Her dissertation focuses on dreams as motif in John Keats poems and letters. Dr. Chavis currently is a Professor Emerita at St. Catherine University in St. Paul. She has received numerous teaching and achievement awards and has published many articles, book chapters, and three books, the most recent entitled Poetry and Story Therapy: The Healing Power of Poetic Expression. Dr. Chavis is also a certified poetry therapist and licensed psychologist with a masters in counseling psychology.

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Peril and Protection in British Courtship Novels: A Study in Continuity and Change explores the use and context of danger/safety language in British courtship novels published between 1719 and 1920.

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Introduction: Danger, Protection, and Gender Ideology in Courtship Novels

Establishing the Traditional Courtship Novel in the Eighteenth Century: Haywood, Richardson, & Burney

Intensifying Tradition: Gothic Courtship Novels of Walpole and Radcliffe

Enriching and Mocking Tradition: Ironic Variations in Austen s Courtship Novels

Flawed Heroes and Rescuing Heroines: Victorian Challenges and Adherence to Tradition

Combatants, Soul Mates, and Risky Ventures: Modernist Deconstructions of Courtship Novel Danger in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century

Reflections on Continuity, Change, and Contemporary Trends in Courtship Fiction